By Ayodele Oni
Police Commands in Rivers State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) explained their roles in two different incidents which took place within the mandate areas.
In Rivers, the Police Command on Tuesday denied sealing off the office of State Independent Electoral Commission, (RSIEC) in Port Harcourt.
Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe Koko, clarified that the Police officers seen at the RSIEC office were posted to the place on the directive of Commissioner of Police to protect the facility against any attack during the ongoing nation wide protest in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday 1st October.
Koko also revealed that there is no iota of truth in the allegation that the Police assaulted and beat up some protesters.
Recall that RSIEC had fixed 5th October,2024 to conduct Local Government Area Elections.
At the FCT, the Police Command denied attacking the October 1 protesters in Abuja.
This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, FCT police command, SP Josephine Adeh on Tuesday in Abuja.
Adeh said the operatives only took proactive measures to prevent looting, adding that it was necessary to address the allegation, following reports making the rounds that policemen attacked protesters at Utako Market in Abuja earlier Tuesday during the protest.
She urged the populace to disregard such misleading and mischievous information, stressing that the command was committed to ensuring the safety of the populace in the exercise of their civil rights.
Earlier reports said police officers on Tuesday fired teargas at protesters during the #FearlessInOctober protest over bad governance in Abuja.
“The command wishes to categorically debunk the narrative, tagging it completely false and misleading.
“Acting on intelligence, the operatives only took measures to forestall miscreants who were taking advantage of the protest to loot shops in the market and as a result, extended focus to them.
“As a responsible agency, we could not stand by and allow traders to be robbed of their hard-earned money and belongings without intervening.”
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