Alleged Police Collusion with Firm to Target Whistleblower Uncovered

Fresh details have emerged alleging that operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s State Intelligence Department collaborated with officials of Alpha-Beta Consulting Limited to intimidate and criminalize a former employee and whistleblower, Comrade Segun Oluwasanmi.

Sources claim the coordinated effort was designed to silence Oluwasanmi, who has persistently leveled allegations of corruption and tax evasion against the tax consultancy firm, which has been widely reported to have links to President Bola Tinubu.

According to credible sources, the operation unfolded on January 14, 2026, when Oluwasanmi, accompanied by a fellow activist, honored a police invitation to the SID office in Ikeja. He found five Alpha-Beta staff members already present. After a hours-long wait, ASP Austin Ekpenyong allegedly began a “game plan” by accusing Oluwasanmi of two issues: being associated with a Facebook group called “Lagos Concern,” which shares critical investigative reports, and having similar reports on his personal Facebook page.

Oluwasanmi reportedly defended himself, stating the news reports were public materials and explaining how Facebook’s algorithms work. The officer, however, insisted on linking him to the group’s activities and shifted focus to specific allegations published by SaharaReporters involving an Alpha-Beta executive.

Sources say Oluwasanmi was compelled to write a statement guided only by the officer’s questions, a process described as “teleguided” to extract incriminating responses. This was the second time he faced such an interrogation; on November 3, 2025, the same ASP Ekpenyong had reportedly cleared him of any wrongdoing in the presence of human rights observers.

Despite the earlier clearance, Oluwasanmi was detained for approximately 42 hours. He was taken to court on January 16 and charged with “provoking breach of public peace” for posting on Facebook charges that legal sources note are misapplied, as the cited laws relate to trade disputes, not sharing news reports.

The petition from Alpha-Beta that initiated the police action, dated June 25, 2025, was against anonymous emails sent in May 2025. Oluwasanmi had left the company in January 2025, and the petition itself stated that a forensic investigation had already identified a staff member behind the emails.

The incident has raised serious concerns about the alleged weaponization of police power to harass a whistleblower and suppress demands for corporate accountability.