Sowore, police differ over attack in Ekiti
Omoyele Sowore, an activist and former presidential candidate, and the Ekiti State Police are in dispute over the nature of an incident at a restaurant in Nigeria. While the police characterize the event as a minor altercation, Sowore claims he was violently attacked and accuses security agencies of suppressing evidence.
Why it matters
The conflicting accounts highlight ongoing tensions between political activists and state security agencies in Nigeria, raising concerns about transparency and police conduct.
Layer 1 Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), and the Ekiti State Police Command have given conflicting accounts of an incident at a restaurant in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday.
While Sowore insisted that he and members of his team were violently attacked, the police described the incident as an altercation with some individuals, saying the activist sustained a minor injury.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said the command received an alert that Sowore was having issues with some individuals at a restaurant in Ado-Ekiti and immediately deployed operatives to the scene.
Abutu said the operatives rescued the AAC presidential candidate and took him to the Police Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, where he was receiving treatment.
However, Sowore, in a statement published on his social media accounts, rejected the police description of the incident as an “altercation”.
“There was no altercation! We were attacked!” he declared.
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