The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has accused the Ekiti State Police Command of trying to cowl up the assault on him and members of his entourage in Ado-Ekiti.
Sowore, who sustained accidents alongside some members of his crew, alleged that the assault was coordinated by people linked to the Ekiti State Government House, with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) allegedly offering help.
The activist made the allegations following an assault shortly after he concluded an interview at MIDAS FM 90.5 in Ado-Ekiti yesterday.
He alleged that DSS operatives had been trailing and harassing members of his entourage since their arrival within the state on Thursday.
According to him, the safety operatives additionally threatened the supervisor of a restaurant the place his crew had earlier eaten, warning him towards permitting them to make use of the premises once more.
Sowore claimed that the attackers had been capable of find his crew via data allegedly supplied by DSS operatives.
He subsequently shared pictures exhibiting himself and an affiliate receiving medical consideration at a hospital.
The AAC candidate additionally faulted the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Falade Adegoroye Michael, for describing the incident as an altercation between him and a few people at a restaurant within the Dalimore space of the state capital.
“There was no altercation! We were attacked!” Sowore declared.
He claimed that the commissioner personally visited the scene and witnessed the accidents sustained by him and members of his crew however that the command subsequently described their accidents as minor.
The police had earlier confirmed the incident, saying operatives responded to a misery name and rescued Sowore.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sunday Abutu, mentioned preliminary data indicated that the AAC candidate was concerned in an altercation with some people at a restaurant.
He added that Sowore sustained minor accidents and was receiving medical consideration on the Police Hospital in Ado-Ekiti.
The command additionally disclosed that the commissioner had ordered a discreet investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident and determine these concerned.
It urged members of the general public to ignore stories of an alleged kidnapping, insisting that Sowore was not kidnapped.
Sowore, nonetheless, maintained that the police account downplayed the seriousness of the violence, questioning the command’s dealing with of the incident.
The DSS and Ekiti State Government had but to difficulty official responses to his allegations as of the time of submitting this report.
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