Ondo based human rights lawyer, Tope Temokun, has petitioned the Inspector-General Police IGP, accused the Ondo Police Command of compromise over the case of kidnapped 5-year-old girl in Akure.
In the petition seen by Peak Newspaper directed to Chairman, Police Service Commission, Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, among others were copied, the family said the Command has been shielding the principal suspect of the crime
Temokun disclosed that while innocent parents of the kidnapped child were arrested and remanded in custody, the main suspect, who owns a popular restaurant in Akure and was the last person seen with the child, remains free.
The lawyer stated that a police press statement issued on September 25, 2025, with reference number AZ:5280/ONS/PPRO/VOL.1/298 over the case signposted a “deliberate distortion of facts”.
The human rights lawyer alleged that the statement misrepresented the chronology of events, omitted vital information, and suppressed crucial investigative leads, as well as excluded the names of people the investigation had already identified as culprits.
According to the lawyer, the petition followed the earlier claim by Ondo State Police Command that one Sunday Kingsley of Alagbaka Extension, Akure, reported that Jesinta had gone missing, adding that the case was charged before the Family Magistrate Court, leading to the remand of the child’s mother, one Nneka Onah, at the Ondo Correctional Centre.
