A nurse and activist, Olamide Thomas, who was arrested in connection with alleged hostile remarks against President Bola Tinubu, Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has been moved from Lagos to Abuja.
The alleged remarks by Thomas were made in a live Facebook video shortly after she was reportedly brutalised by police officers during the October 20, 2024 edition of #EndSARS memorial procession at the Lekki Tollgate.
The Daily Crucible learnt the activist nurse was arrested at her residence in Shomolu area of Lagos, Lagos, early Friday by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), a special tactical squad attached to the Inspector-General of Police.
The Daily Crucible learnt further that she was flown to Abuja and handed over to the Cybercrime Unit of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) after regularising her arrest and transfer at Panti Police Station in Yaba and the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja.
According to politician and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, who disclosed this on his Facebook page, he stated that: “This evening, I learned that Nurse Olamide Thomas Abiodun is being held by the Nigeria Police Force at Panti in Lagos, awaiting instructions from Police PPRO Muyiwa Adejobi from Abuja. The Nigeria Police are advised to free her immediately!.”
Efforts to get Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, to confirm the arrest of nurse Thomas or otherwise of it has not been successful.
However, the Socialist Workers League (SWL), a group Thomas was affiliated to has decried her arrest, describing it as an “abduction.”
“We vehemently condemn the abduction of nurse Olamide by officers of the Nigerian Police Force from her home,” the group stated in a short statement.
