M icheal Oladun, age 52, the
leader of the ethnic militia
group known as the Oodua
Peoples Congress (OPC),
Ondo State chapter, has been
arrested by police for
kidnapping.
Mr. Oladun, who claims to be
the 'Governor' of the militia
group in the State, was
apprehended yesterday for
allegedly kidnapping his
former boss, identified as
Tayo Alao.
SaharaReporters
correspondent reported that
Tayo Alao was the former
Governor of the OPC for Ondo
State before he was sacked
for embezzling funds.
The Police Commissioner in
the State, Isaac Eke, who
paraded Oladun and two
other OPC members--Rafiu
Alao and Adesamoye David--
in front of journalists in
Akure, disclosed that the
suspects conspired to kidnap
their former leader for
ransom.
Eke revealed that the trio tied-
up one of their co-
conspirators, Rafiu Alao, and
forcefully made him to swear
to an oath in a river that he
would never report the
incident to the police.
He added that the suspects
were arrested after the police
obtained information that
some hoodlums have
kidnapped their boss.
In a confession, Micheal
Oladun told SaharaReporters
that his gang didn't actually
kidnap their former boss, but
that they were trying to
threaten him to return their
funds.
He detailed how the former
OPC governor, Tayo Alao,
embezzled funds allocated to
him by the group, adding that
this led to his immediate
removal from the position.
"As a result of the sit-tight
syndrome, Mr. Alao decided
not to leave the position
despite relieving him of it. He
still moves about calling
himself the Governor of the
group in the State.
"About ten thousand people
from the group who were
mostly from Ilaje and Ese
Odo areas of the State gave
him the sum of N10, 000.00
each for the pipeline security
form, to collect on our behalf
but he squandered the fee.
He didn't even remit the
money to the group's
account.
"We also gave him N1,500 as
an Identity Card (ID) fee,
imagine, this is the same man
that has nothing when he
came to Ondo State, but now,
he is riding in posh vehicles
and has two wives.
"We want him and demand
for the return of our money
which is almost N10 million
but unfortunately he attacked
us with his boys armed with
charms, clubs, and we have
to fight back.
"He has a lot of fraud in his
neck. Alao collected money
from pipeline security, identity
card fees, oath taking fees,
and a Governor's signature
fee from all of us but he
embezzled all the money,” he
said.
He, however, revealed how
the founder of the OPC
handpicked him as the new
Governor of the group in
Ondo State after Alao was
asked to leave the position.
"Fredrick Fasehun [OPC
Founder] gave me the
Governor of the OPC in Ondo
State on the 17th of March
2015, at an event in Lagos
after Tayo Alao embezzled
our money.”
Meanwhile, the police said it
has been under intense
pressure to free the three-
arrested OPC members, but
vowed they would all appear
in court.
"A lot of pressure has been
on me, but I have vowed they
would appear in court. The
trio will serve as case studies
for others who are planning
same or has the same
intention. Nobody is above
the law", he said
http://saharareporters.com/2015/05/25/ondo-opc-governor-arrested-kidnapping-his-boss

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