{"id":51804,"date":"2016-08-01T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T11:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51804"},"modified":"2016-08-01T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T11:12:05","slug":"bishop-raises-alarm-unusual-armed-policemen-visit-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bishop-raises-alarm-unusual-armed-policemen-visit-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop raises alarm over \u201cunusual\u201d armed policemen visit to residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>A cleric, Bishop Seun Adeoye of Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry (SGTM)\r\nOkinni, Osun State has raised an alarm over the storming of his residence\r\non Sunday by heavily armed policemen.\r\n\r\nBishop Adeoye who embarked on a one man protest in Osogbo against the hike\r\nby the Federal Government (FG) of price of fuel from N87 to N145 in a\r\nstatement on Monday, August 1, 2016 described the visit to his residence\r\nas unusual and uncalled for.\r\n\r\nThe one-time Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state\r\nnoted that the police mission to his residence may not be unconnected with\r\nhis critical assessment of policies of both the FG and that of Governor\r\nRauf Aregbesola of Osun State.\r\n\r\n\u201cI belong to a class of people who will not close his eyes to injustice\r\nand maladministration. I cannot withstand government\u2019s anti-democratic\r\nethos in a society expected to treat its people equally. I cannot choose\r\nto be mute and deaf when people are hungry and dying because of bad\r\neconomic policies.\r\n\r\n\u201cIf saying the truth is an offence, I am ready to die for it. As I\r\nmentioned during my protest, things are becoming more difficult for\r\nNigerians and our government appeared not to have answered to myriads of\r\nproblems facing the nation. I said Nigeria is in chain and I have not been\r\nproved wrong.\r\n\r\n\u201cI was surprised to see six stern looking and fully armed policemen storm\r\nmy house on Sunday morning. They claimed to have come from Zone XI Command\r\nlooking for some miscreants.  Only one of the policemen wore uniform while\r\nothers were on vests bearing police and they didn\u2019t come with any police\r\nvehicle but a private car.\r\n\r\n\u201cFirst of all, there was no report of any threat to peace or crime in my\r\narea at Hallehuyah Estate and till now we haven\u2019t heard of any. Secondly,\r\nmy house was not the only one in the neigbhourhood, yet mine was the only\r\none visited.\r\n\r\n\u201cAlthough, I was not harassed by them but this mission to my house is\r\nstill suspicious. Adequate of report of this case is being made at\r\nappropriate quarters but I need to raise alarm. I cannot be afraid but I\r\nmust not keep quiet as well\u201d he stated.\r\n\r\nBishop Adeoye said he was unmindful of clandestine move by agents of the\r\nstate against members of his group, the Civil Societies Coalition of\r\nEmancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) which had stood firmly behind the\r\nsuspended Justice Folahanmi Oloyede and defended her before the National\r\nJudicial Commission (NJC) and has exposed the pathetic mis-governance in\r\nthe state.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt appears our hard-earned democracy is about to be jeopardized by those\r\nwho contributed nothing to it but are fortunate to find themselves in the\r\npositions of authority.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt will be sad if state security apparatus such as the Army, the Police,\r\nthe Directorate of Security Services (DSS) and other paramilitary forces\r\nare being used as weapons of destruction by those in government against\r\nall their perceived enemies.\r\n\r\n\u201cCreating an atmosphere of fear is not the best for our democracy. We are\r\ngranted certain rights in our constitution. If Nigerians are denied these\r\nrights, then, anarchy will be the order of the day. A little spark can\r\ncause a serious fire which can consume anyone\u201d, he added.\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cleric, Bishop Seun Adeoye of Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry (SGTM) Okinni, Osun State has raised an alarm over the storming of his residence on Sunday by heavily armed&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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