An #EndSARS activist, Moyinoluwa Olowoyo, has alleged that the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji, CSP Ayodele Akinlua, warned him hours earlier than Friday’s assault on African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore and members of his entourage that Sowore’s security couldn’t be assured if he held a political rally within the state.
Olowoyo, popularly often called Gigabytes, mentioned he acquired the phone name at about 7:30 a.m. on October 30, 2026, a number of hours earlier than suspected political thugs attacked Sowore and his crew at Tawakalitu Restaurant in Ado-Ekiti.
Recounting the dialog, the activist mentioned Akinlua requested whether or not Sowore deliberate to carry a political rally in Ekiti State, however he instructed the safety official that no rally had been deliberate.
“Before I joined Sowore and other comrades yesterday, I got a phone call from the Chief Security Officer to Governor Biodun Oyebanji around 7:30 a.m. He asked me if it was true that Omoyele Sowore wanted to have a rally in Ekiti State. I responded no, that nothing of such was planned,” Olowoyo mentioned.
According to him, Akinlua insisted that the Commissioner of Police and different safety formations have to be knowledgeable earlier than any political rally might happen within the state.
He alleged that the CSO additionally mentioned Sowore had not notified safety companies of his arrival and warned that his security couldn’t be assured if a rally went forward.
“The CSO said for any rally to happen in this state, the Commissioner of Police must be aware, alongside every other security formation. He said Sowore had not informed any security agency in the state of his arrival and that if any rally should happen, his safety could not be guaranteed,” he said.
Olowoyo mentioned he once more assured Akinlua that Sowore’s crew had no plans to organise a rally or any associated political gathering earlier than the decision ended.
He subsequently questioned why the group was attacked regardless of the absence of any deliberate rally or public mobilisation.
“So why did those thugs still come to attack us? We didn’t hold any rally. We didn’t mobilize anyone to the place where they attacked us. We didn’t rent the place, and we didn’t tell anyone to meet us there,” he mentioned.
Narrating how the incident occurred, Olowoyo mentioned Sowore and his entourage had left Midas Radio in Ado-Ekiti and stopped at Tawakalitu Restaurant, behind Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, to eat.
He alleged that that they had spent lower than 5 minutes on the restaurant when suspected political thugs stormed the premises.
“After Sowore and his entourage left Midas Radio, they branched at Tawakalitu Restaurant behind Oluyemi Kayode Stadium to eat. We had not spent five minutes inside the restaurant when all these thugs came in to attack us,” he mentioned.
Olowoyo claimed that the attackers seemed to be trying particularly for Sowore, quoting them as shouting, “Where is that Sowore? Where is him?”
He additionally alleged that he recognised a few of the attackers as individuals who had assaulted him in the course of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests.
“This was how I was attacked during the #EndSARS 2020 protest. The same faces came to attack us again yesterday,” he mentioned.
The activist accused people linked to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State of getting information of the circumstances surrounding the assault.
“The reason for yesterday’s attack can only be explained by the APC Ekiti chapter,” he alleged.
Olowoyo additional claimed that the timing of the safety warning and the attackers’ arrival on the restaurant raised questions on potential surveillance and coordination.
He alleged that the assault was sponsored by the state authorities, saying, “Their main target was Sowore, and it is crystal clear to someone like me that it was a government-sponsored attack. They planned it so well, and they executed their plans.”
He additionally mentioned the attackers took cellphones and different private belongings belonging to members of Sowore’s entourage.
“All our phones and belongings are still in their possession till this very moment,” he mentioned.
The allegations have raised questions on how the attackers allegedly situated Sowore and his crew on the restaurant, the place Olowoyo mentioned no rally or political gathering had been deliberate.
The Ekiti State Police Command had earlier described the incident as an altercation, a characterisation disputed by Sowore and members of his crew.
The allegations in opposition to the governor’s safety officer and claims of presidency sponsorship had not been independently established within the account offered.
The Force headquarters nevertheless couldn’t react to the story, directing our reporter to the Ekiti State police command’s assertion issued earlier.
The Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abutu Sunday within the assertion, didn’t tackle the problems allegations in opposition to the CSO as a substitute, it targeted on the problems resulting in the assault on the Sowore, the activist and their crew.
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