Bishop raises the alarm over ‘unusual’ heavily armed policemen at his house

Leader of the Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry, Okinni in Osun State, Bishop Seun Adeoye, has cried out over the presence of heavily armed policemen at his residence on Sunday.It would be recalled that the cleric staged a-one-man protest in May in Osogbo against the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy and the resultant price hike of the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol.

Adeoye raised the alarm in a statement issued yesterday, where he noted that the vist of policemen to his home might not be unconnected with his critical assessment of the policies of both the Federal Government and Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led administration in the state.

He stated that though the policemen did not harass him, their mission to his house was suspicious. “I belong to a class of people who will not close their eyes to injustice and maladministration. I cannot choose to be mute and deaf when people are hungry and dying because of bad economic policies.

“If saying the truth is an offence, I am ready to die for it. As I mentioned during my protest, things are becoming more difficult for Nigerians and our government appears not to have answers to myriads of problems facing the nation. I said Nigeria is in chain and I have not been proved wrong.

“I was surprised to see six stern-looking and fully-armed policemen storm my house on Sunday morning. They claimed to have come from Zone XI Command looking for some miscreants. Only one of the policemen wore uniform while others were on vests bearing police logo. They didn’t come with the police vehicle but a private car.

“First of all, there was no report of any threat to peace or crime in my area and secondly, my house was not the only one in the neighbourhood, yet mine was the only one visited,” he said.