Alex Gwazarzah, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Iyaganku division, Ibadan, is suing a fashion designer, Lukman Adeniyi, to court for giving an apprentice his cloths to sew
Report gathered that the issue started after the DPO alleged that the tailor has damaged the cloths he had given him to sew.
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Reacting to the case, the Olugbenga Fadeyi, the Police Public Relation Officer, Oyo State police command said, “Information from the DPO Iyaganku, Alex Gwazarzah, was that it was agreed that the tailor would sew the cloths by himself, but he gave them to another person. The Commissioner of Police is looking into the matter.”
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The tailor however said he was introduced to the DPO by one Alhaji Idris Bawa, who had been his customer for over 10 years.
Adeniyi alleged that the DPO assaulted him the day he went to deliver the sewn materials on the allegation that the clothes were not well made.
The fashion designer said, “The DPO, after slapping me, still collected all the 12 materials without paying the N60,000 agreed on.
“On Saturday, November 1, the DPO told me to come for the money only for him to detain me.”
He was reportedly released on bail on Monday, November 2, and charged to court on Tuesday.
Adeniyi was arraigned at Court 8, Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, in a case with suit number MI/881C/2020.
The DPO accused the defendant of damaging materials worth N181,000, which he handed over to him in September.
Gwazarzah said he was not satisfied with the quality of job that was delivered.
He argued that against his agreement with the tailor, the clothes were made by his apprentice.
The Magistrate, Olajumoke Akande, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000, with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case till November 17, for further hearing.
Counsel for the defendant, Jubril Olanrewaju, said, “You can imagine the DPO being a judge in his case. He was the one who investigated the case and made the fashion designer to write a statement in his office at Iyaganku. He was also the one who signed the charge sheet.”
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