The police in Ondo have apprehended a man over a social media post calling out the authorities for neglecting victims of the terrorist attack on the St. Francis Catholic church in Owo.
Oladotun Olorunfemi, who is being detained at the police headquarters in Akure, allegedly made a video insulting the Olowo of Owo, Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye.
Olorunfemi was arrested by the police on Monday after the slightly over two minutes video generated backlash on social media for the state government.
According to Peoples Gazette, Olorunfemi had spent over twenty hours in police detention without charge.
The detainee had before his arrest visited his sister, who was a victim of the attack, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Owo, and was displeased with her condition, the media outlet quoted a source as saying.
The source said that Olorunfemi must have been upset when he “saw the pitiable condition of the victims who had been abandoned to their fate in the hospital.”
He said the video resulted from him seeing the victims pay for drugs with their personal money “despite heavy donations by prominent people” and organisations.
In the video, a man was heard discussing how the victims had been using their funds to buy drugs despite government claims of donating drugs and money for their treatment.
The Ondo police command spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami, is yet to issue a statement on the issue.
The terrorist attack on the church had been described as a “massacre” and drew condemnation from both local and international organisations.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) donated drugs, equipment, and consumables to the victims, and several individuals, mostly politicians, donated millions in cash