Ekiti Commissioner Denies Beating Up Corps Member

Ekiti State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development Kayode Olaosebikan has denied beating up a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Thompson Enobong, in Otun-Ekiti last Saturday.

Enobong was an Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC’s) Registration Officer in Ward 2, Otun Ekiti.

At a press conference in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, Olaosebikan said he had “a minor disagreement” with Enobong but did not beat him up.

He said the matter was unduly politicised by the opposition.

The commissioner was questioned by the police yesterday on the incident.

Olaosebikan urged the NYSC authorities to warn corps members against getting involved in partisan politics.

He said: “The corps member was shouting on top of his voice that a lady, who is the younger sister to my orderly, should not be registered on that day. The noise was embarrassing and I told him not to be hostile to the people. The boy (Enobong), who did not know I was a commissioner, pushed me and my people wanted to mob him, but I told them to leave him.

“I even took him into a car that drove him to where he was supposed to work, as we later discovered that he was attached to another ward in the town. It was during the disagreement that I knew he was not supposed to work in that ward. He was not the presiding officer in that ward.

“Later, I read on the social media that I beat him up and that he had been hospitalised, even though nothing of such happened. I owe it a duty to ensure the safety of every youth corps member as the Chairman of the NYSC Board in the state.” Source: Nation Newspaper