The police have accused Senate
President Bukola Saraki of peddling falsehood, asking the public to disregard
his claims.
This follows Saraki’s claim that
his life is under threat and that the police had not made efforts to protect
him.
At a press conference in Abuja,
Saraki alleged that suspected thugs working for the All Progressives Congress
(APC) invaded his family compound in Kwara state and destroyed a lot of things.
He said some policemen provided
cover for the suspects while the attack lasted.
But reacting in a statement,
Jimoh Moshood, force spokesman, denied the allegations. He said the senate
president had not lodged complaint to the police as of the time he held the
press conference.
Moshood said the force would not
be distracted and would remain neutral.
“The Nigeria Police Force did not
give any protection to any political thug or shield any APC thug to go to
family quarters of the Senate President in Agbaji, Ilorin and vandalize houses,
shops and inflict wounds with machete on three people as claimed by the Senate
President,” he said.
“The Police did not receive any
complaint or report of gunshot and wounding as claimed by the Senate President
in other areas he mentioned such as Adewole/Adeta, Ile-otan and ubandawaki/pakata.
“For avoidance of doubt, there
was no complaint reported at any Police division within Ilorin metropolis or
any other Police Division on the 10th January, 2019 till today 11th January
2019 of any attack, wounding, shooting and destruction of any property by any
individual(s) or any political party on their members.
“However, Security within Ilorin
metropolis and other locations in kwara State has been beefed-up to ensure
security of all Nigerians living in the State.
“It is pertinent to state that all
Police personnel attached to the person of the Senate President, his office and
family are intact and all the statutory security protection on the person of
the Senate President are also accorded him all the time and there was no
complaint from the Senate President before now to the Police on this.
“It is incumbent on the Force to
set the record straight and correct the wrong impressions that must have been
created in the minds of the general Public and the International Community from
the misinformation and misleading account from the Senate President.
“The Inspector General of Police
did not try any trick to implicate the Senate President in some criminal
charges; the facts are in the public domain about the suspects of the Offa Bank
Robbery now being prosecuted who implicated the Senate President in the matter.
“The Nigeria Police Force is
hereby assuring all Nigerians that the Nigeria Police Force has no any
undisguised hostility to the Senate President or his supporters in Kwara State
or to jeopardise or undermine his personal security and that of his immediate
and larger family.”
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