The Ekiti State Police Command has denied that its personnel invaded the government house or blocked the entrance to the complex, saying that it prevented a rally called by the state governor, Ayodele Faose, from holding on Wednesday to prevent the outbreak of violence between the two leading political parties.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Caleb Okechukwu said this in a statement on Wednesday, which he signed on behalf of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Operations, Habila Joshak.
Mr. Okechukwu urged the public should discountenance the allegations that it attacked the governor and invaded his office, describing the allegation as “misleading and aimed at causing anxiety in the minds of the public.”
The statement said, “In furtherance to the presence of police officers around the Prof. Olusola Eleka Pavilion at Fajuyi today, two political parties intend to have their rallies at the same date and in Ado-Ekiti metropolis,” the statement said.
“But the Commissioner of Police advised the political parties in writing on the need to have their political activities at different time and because of its security implication.
“The police will, at all times, continue to maintain law and order and also rise up to their responsibility to perform their mandatory and statutory duty of protection of lives and property of innocent citizens before, during and after the election.
“The police would also want to use this medium to alert the general public that they should expect more of this misleading information from person(s) who do not mean well for the good people of Ekiti State.
“The police enjoin the general public to confirm the source of their information before circulating same to their friends or loved ones.”
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