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Alleged rape: IGP orders DIG to take over probe of Fatoyinbo, Dakolo

Ezekiel Johnson
Ezekiel Johnson
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The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in Charge of Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Michael Ogbizi, has taken over the investigation of the case of alleged rape against the founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo.

The order to take over the case was issued by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.

The allegation of rape was made against Fatoyinbo by Busola Dakolo, wife of popular singer, Timi Dakolo.

Alleged rape: IGP orders DIG to take over probe of Fatoyinbo, Dakolo
Fatoyinbo, Timi Dakola and wife, Busola

The mother of three said the pastor raped her when she was a teenager.

The case was subsequently reported to the police.

However, on Saturday, the controversy over the rape case took a new dimension when some policemen stormed the residence of Timi Dakolo to invite him and his wife to Abuja over alleged case of falsehood and threat to life.

In a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Monday, the Inspector General of Police directed Ogbizi to take over the case in order to ensure that it was thoroughly probed.

Ogbizi would oversee the investigation of the two cases before the police by Busola and Fatoyinbo.

His supervision, it was stated, would ensure justice and fair hearing in the different cases which would be looked into according to their merits.

It was added that in ordering a take over of the probe, the IGP had also directed that the procedure which the Police operatives adopted in serving Invitation Letters on Timi and Busola Dakolo on Saturday, 20th July, 2019, be subjected to rigorous and discreet scrutiny to ascertain its conformity with Police Standard Operating Procedure and International Best Practices.

The police boss was said to have called for restraints from the parties in the case, assuring that justice would be ensured.

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