We Have No Undisguised Hostility to The Senate President or To Undermine His Personal Security-Police

The Nigeria Police says claims by the Senate President Bukola Saraki, that his safety and those of his political supporters in his state, Kwara were under threat is false but that security within Ilorin metropolis and other locations in kwara State has beefed-up to ensure security of all Nigerians living in the State.

The Police in a statement on Friday said the statement credited to the Senate President on the recent political development in Kwara State where he raised allegations that “the entire world to hold the IGP, Ibrahim Idris responsible if anything untoward happens to members of his family and himself, are incorrect, misleading and false and should be disregarded and discountenanced by the general Public”.

According to the police, “The Nigeria Police Force did not give any protection to any political thug or shield any APC thug to go to the family quarters of the Senate President in Agbaji, Ilorin and vandalise houses, shops and inflict wounds with machete on three (3) people as claimed by the Senate President.”

“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.”

The statement noted that ,”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 or 11th January, 2019 of any attack, wounding, shooting and destruction of any property by any individual(s) or any political party on their members.”

“The Nigeria Police Force is hereby assuring all Nigerians that it has no 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. The Force will continue to be apolitical and will ensure adequate security throughout the Country for all political parties, their members and supporters before, during and after the 2019 General Election.”

The Police also assured that all Police personnel attached to the Senate President, his office and family were intact and all the statutory security protection  are also accorded him all the time and there was no complaint from the Senate President before now to the Police in this regard.

“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.”