The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has faulted the Ekiti State Police Command for describing the attack on him and his associates in Ado-Ekiti as an altercation.
Sowore, who sustained injuries during the incident, accused the command of downplaying the severity of the violence despite the visit of the state Commissioner of Police, Falade Michael, to the scene.
In a post on his X handle on Friday, Sowore insisted that he and his associates were attacked, rejecting the police account that he sustained a minor injury during an altercation with some individuals at a restaurant.
“There was no altercation! We were attacked!” he declared.
He alleged that the police commissioner personally visited the scene and saw the injuries sustained by those involved but that the command subsequently issued a statement that trivialised the incident.
“The Commissioner saw the injuries, witnessed the aftermath of the violence, and was fully aware of the seriousness of what happened. Yet his command has chosen to trivialise the attack, even describing the injuries as ‘minor’,” he wrote.
Sowore also said allegations had emerged suggesting that the commissioner was involved in the incident, describing the development as “despicable”.
