Ekiti Elections: Alleged Invasion of Ekiti Government House is misleading, aimed as causing anxiety among Ekiti Citizens-Police

The attention of the Ekiti State Police Command has been drawn to recent messages being circulated in the social media that ‘the police have invaded Ekiti State Government House.

The Ekiti state Police Command urges members of the public to consider the content of the message as misleading and aimed at causing anxiety in the minds of Ekiti citizens.

In furtherance to the presence of police officers around Professor Olusola Eleka pavilion at Fajuyi today, 11^th july, 2018, two political parties intend to have their ally at the same date and in Ado Ekiti metropolis but the Commissioner of police advised the political parties to in writing on the need to have their political activity 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 its responsibility to perform its mandatory and statutory duty of protection of lives and property of innocent citizens in the state 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 these misleading information from persons who do not mean well for the good people of Ekiti state.

The police enjoins the general public to confirm the source of their information before circulating same to their friends or loved ones.

The Police command further solicit the support of Ekiti citizens in giving timely and useful information to the police and other security agencies or call the command emergency  phone numbers – 08062335577, 08068223499, and 07012221175.

DSP Calen Ikechukwu, PPRO

For DIG Ops,

Election Duty Coordinator,

Ekiti State Command, Ado Ekiti.