The Inspector-General of Police Disu Olatunji has approved the removal of Ibrahim Gotan, as the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Peak Newspaper reports.
Peak Newspaper understood that the Commissioner of Police (CP), Ibrahim Gotan, ordered the arrest of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Teslim Igbalaye, after the senior government official laughed when the police chief was booed at a public event.
Peak Newspaper recall that in June 2026, Civil society organisations, CSOs, in Osun State have given the Inspector-General of Police a 72-hour ultimatum to review the leadership and structure of the state Police Command, warning that failure to act could trigger a mass protest across the state.
Alleging that the command under Gotan’s leadership had failed to inspire public confidence, the organisations accused the police command of not adequately addressing alleged incidents of political violence, intimidation, killings and attacks on residents.
Citing the recent killing of Ezekiel Olapade, a 14-year-old boy by hoodlums suspected to be working for politicians, in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area, they warned that if the Inspector-General failed to act within the stipulated period, they would mobilise residents for street protests to press home their demand for reforms within the police structure in the state.
“We urge the Inspector-General of Police to review the Osun State Police Command architecture within 72 hours. In the absence of this, we shall have no other option than to occupy the streets with citizens to demand the total restructuring of the Osun State Police Command,” the groups stated.
