OGUN STATE GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS COMMISSIONER OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Written by wave FM on January 4, 2021
The Ogun State government has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, ABIODUN ABUDU-BALOGUN over an allegation of sexual harassment of a 16-year-old girl identified as BARAKAT MAYOWA MELOJUEKUN.
In a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Secretary to the State Government, TOKUNBO TALABI, announced the suspension of the commissioner pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into the allegation.
He explained that the state government decided to suspend ABUDU-BALOGUN to enable him to cooperate fully with the independent investigation being carried out by the police.
TALABI assured the residents that the stated government would do everything necessary to ensure that justice was served in the case.
