Edo Police CP insists Oshiomhole was not attacked in the state

The Edo Police Command on Monday insisted that there was no attack on the person or residence of a former Governor of the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, DanMallam Muhammed, stated this while briefing journalists on Monday in Benin City, the state capital.

Debunking the allegations of an attack on the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, the state police boss warmed troublemakers to steer clear of the state.

According to Muhammed, the Police beefed up security around Oshiomhole while his visit to the state lasted, during which no attack was recorded.

“To the best of my knowledge, no one had access to the house of the National Chairman. When he came into the State, we beefed up security around him, from his house to the Oba’s palace, from there to the airport before he left for Abuja.

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“Let me use this medium to warn trouble makers that Edo State is very peaceful and calm. The State is the most peaceful in the South-South Region of Nigeria. We will do everything according to the law to ensure that the peace the people of Edo State enjoy is not truncated and any attempt by anyone to cause trouble in the State will be resisted with maximum force,” he noted.

Reacting to the police commissioner’s insistence, a chieftain of the APC in the state, Charles Idahosa, said the allegations were efforts by unscrupulous elements to heat up the polity so that evil elements can have their way.

“The State Commissioner of Police has come out to state categorically that there was no such attack on Oshiomhole. The state government has also denied knowledge of such an attack. But these people keep insisting that the former governor was attacked. They have brought in other actors to corroborate what never happened. That is the height of spreading fake news.

“It is obvious that they are concocting these attacks to get public sympathy. They should quit the charade. We want to warn them not to heat up the polity. The Edo State Government is led by a man who puts a premium on law and order, as can be seen in Governor Godwin Obaseki’s numerous reforms as well as other public engagements”, Idahosa said.

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