{"id":30807,"date":"2026-10-18T07:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807"},"modified":"2026-10-18T17:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T17:17:36","slug":"psm-334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807","title":{"rendered":"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator,  SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pix SC Ayejumo <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Isiaka Mustapha, Editor-in-Chief, People\u2019s Security Monitor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ayejumo Moses Ademola, has reportedly absolved the Oyo State Commandant, Augustine Padonu, of direct involvement in the controversy surrounding his redeployment from Asphalt Leverage Company, Idi Ayunre, to Bovas Trailer Park, Akinyele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Findings from an independent investigation by <em>People\u2019s Security Monitor<\/em> indicate that Ayejumo, a Superintendent of the corps, attributed the disputed redeployment to the Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde, whom he allegedly accused of orchestrating the transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The account obtained during the investigation suggests that Ayejumo did not identify Commandant Padonu as the person responsible for his redeployment, instead directing his grievance towards the Beat Coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources familiar with the matter indicated that Ayejumo considered his former assignment at Asphalt Leverage Company more financially rewarding because of the higher monthly allowance reportedly attached to the posting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disagreement appears to have centred, at least in part, on the financial implications of the transfer and the circumstances surrounding the change of assignment. However, the available information does not independently establish the motive behind the redeployment or confirm the allegation against the Beat Coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversy emerged amid questions surrounding the alleged leakage of internal communications within the NSCDC Oyo State Command. The circumstances of the alleged disclosure, as well as any connection between it and the redeployment dispute, remain matters requiring further clarification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Ayejumo\u2019s reported account does not implicate Padonu in the disputed transfer, the allegations against SC Adeeyo remain unverified. Any response from the Beat Coordinator or other relevant officials would be necessary to provide a fuller picture of the dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is the unedited statement of SC Ayejumo.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 368 \/ 640;\" width=\"368\" controls src=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/351232.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 368 \/ 640;\" width=\"368\" controls src=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/351218.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 368 \/ 640;\" width=\"368\" controls src=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/351250.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pix SC Ayejumo By Isiaka Mustapha, Editor-in-Chief, People\u2019s Security Monitor An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ayejumo Moses Ademola, has reportedly absolved the Oyo State&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pages"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1) -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1) -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pix SC Ayejumo By Isiaka Mustapha, Editor-in-Chief, People\u2019s Security Monitor An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ayejumo Moses Ademola, has reportedly absolved the Oyo State&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-18T07:16:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-18T17:17:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1253\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1604\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Keji Mustapha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Keji Mustapha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Keji Mustapha\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688\"},\"headline\":\"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1)\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-18T07:16:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-18T17:17:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Pages\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807\",\"name\":\"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1) -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-18T07:16:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-18T17:17:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg\",\"width\":1253,\"height\":1604},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=30807#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688\",\"name\":\"Keji Mustapha\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Keji Mustapha\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1) -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1) -","og_description":"Pix SC Ayejumo By Isiaka Mustapha, Editor-in-Chief, People\u2019s Security Monitor An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ayejumo Moses Ademola, has reportedly absolved the Oyo State&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807","article_published_time":"2026-10-18T07:16:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-18T17:17:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1253,"height":1604,"url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Keji Mustapha","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Keji Mustapha","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807"},"author":{"name":"Keji Mustapha","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688"},"headline":"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1)","datePublished":"2026-10-18T07:16:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-18T17:17:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807"},"wordCount":309,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg","articleSection":["Pages"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807","url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807","name":"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1) -","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-18T07:16:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-18T17:17:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg","width":1253,"height":1604},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=30807#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NSCDC Officer Exonerates Oyo Commandant, Augustine Padonu in Redeployment Scandal, Blames Beat Coordinator, SC Adeeyo Oluremi Babatunde for Transfer (Part 1)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#website","url":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688","name":"Keji Mustapha","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Keji Mustapha"},"url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?author=6"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261018_092133_WhatsApp.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30807"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30839,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30807\/revisions\/30839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}