Posted by Samuel on Sat 06th Sep, 2025 - tori.ng
It was learnt that Inspector Adebisi is one of the officers being detained and harassed over a WhatsApp post since June.
Adenusi Damilola, a Nigerian woman, has appealed for the release of her husband, Inspector Adenusi Adebisi, who is currently being detained by the Nigeria Police Force.
According to SaharaReporters, it was learnt that Inspector Adebisi is one of the officers being detained and harassed over a WhatsApp post since June.
"I call on you good people of this country to save my husband INSPECTOR ADENUSI ADEBISI from captive he has been taking to F.I.D office in Abuja since JUNE 22ND 2025 and those that are arrested along with him has been released to go only my husband is still Held in detention in F.I.D cell," the woman said on Saturday.
"Please myself and children are suffering due to his absence pls help us so that my husband can be released, his children are asking of their father and I don't know what to tell them again."
In August, SaharaReporters reported that sources within the Nigeria Police Force had raised the alarm over the continued detention of Inspector Adebisi, a serving officer attached to the Ekiti State Command, after a comment he made in a police WhatsApp group.
Adebisi, who has served in the Force for over two decades since his enlistment in May 2002, has now spent more than two months in custody following an order reportedly issued by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun.
According to multiple accounts, the incident began on June 21, 2025, when Adebisi commented in a police WhatsApp group called Intelligent Information Unit after a retired Superintendent lamented being paid only N2million after 35 years of service.
Adebisi allegedly suggested that officers should go on strike to protest poor welfare, but deleted the comment within 20 minutes. However, a screenshot was said to have been forwarded to the IGP, who allegedly ordered his arrest the following day.
He was transferred to Abuja on June 23 and has since been detained at the Federal Investigation Department (FID) cell at Force Headquarters, sources said.
By July 10, 2025, a disciplinary panel had recommended his dismissal. But while other officers from different commands arrested in connection with similar comments were released on August 4 after their trials, Adebisi remained in detention.
Insiders told SaharaReporters that his Investigating Police Officer (IPO), identified as CSP Mahmood D. Mohammed, threatened him with death in detention and delayed his medical treatment when he developed bronchitis.
He was eventually taken to Muhammadu Buhari Police Hospital in Abuja after days of illness.
“The IPO, CSP Mahmood D. Mohammed, transferred him to the Special Tactical Squad (STS) cell in Abuja, where he threatened that he would die in detention. Shortly afterwards, he fell ill,” one of the sources said.
When officers on duty called him to take him to the hospital, he refused, saying that the IGP was aware and that even if he died there, nothing would happen.
“It was only four days later that he took him to Muhammadu Buhari Police Hospital in Area 11, Garki, Abuja. By then, he had developed severe breathing difficulties due to bronchitis and only received temporary relief after the STS commander purchased an inhaler for him.”
Information obtained from officers familiar with the case suggests that the disciplinary process was inconsistent. The adjudicating officer, CSP Ikyaghako Matthew, initially announced Adebisi’s dismissal while exonerating five others.
However, the following day, the same panel reportedly recalled the officers, stating that directives from the IGP and DIG “A” compelled him to impose punishments on those earlier discharged.
Consequently, five inspectors were reduced in rank rather than dismissed, while others, including Inspectors Olabode Emoruwa and Adeleke Ramoni, were held for 43 days in cells with high-profile criminals before being demoted and released on August 20.
Sources further said that security around Adebisi intensified in recent days, with tinted vehicles and armoured cars reportedly stationed as senior officers held emergency meetings at the FID office.