Collins Omoigui

Earlier today, after I publicly disclosed the names and designations of those who sponsored, coordinated, and participated in the attempted assassination of me and members of my team in Ado-Ekiti last Friday, the Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command, Ogidan, hurriedly called me, claiming that the police suddenly needed my “statement.” I was not surprised. This appears to be yet another attempt to create the impression that the police are conducting serious “investigations”, when everything we have witnessed so far points to a continuing cover-up. I reminded Commander Ogidan that I had repeatedly tried, without success, to reach him for updates on the investigation after he suddenly hung up on me on Sunday when I first reached out to him. I then asked him straightforwardly. Have you arrested any of the individuals we publicly identified, particularly those whose faces were clearly captured in the video footage of the attack? I specifically raised the involvement of the Ekiti State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), who we have identified as being on the scene; today, we learned that CSP Marcus Olaosebikan Ogundola, a retired police officer and former Commander, had led a contingent of RRS personnel to supervise and film the attack against us. I also confronted him with our information linking police to the removal of the restaurant’s CCTV equipment in collaboration with DSS operatives. I further asked Commander Ogidan how the police managed to arrest and arraign 11 suspects, who have reportedly now been granted bail, without first obtaining the very “statement” they suddenly claim is indispensable to their investigation. How did they identify the suspects, conduct investigations, and take them to court without my statement, only to suddenly insist that they cannot proceed without it after we exposed the identities of those behind the attack? Rather than provide clear answers, Commander Ogidan became evasive and eventually ended the call abruptly, as has become the pattern whenever we demand more information. #TinubuMustGo