The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Dare Ogundare has reiterated that the state is safe and not under any security threat as he called on residents of the state to disregard claims by the National Body of The Federation of Ekiti State Students Union (FESSU) notifying their members of a change of venue for their National Congress from Ekiti to Kwara State due to security breach.
The command promised to work assiduously with other security agencies and relevant stakeholders to ensure that the peaceful atmosphere currently being enjoyed in the State is sustained.
In a statement made available to Journalists in Ado Ekiti by the PPRO, DSP Sunday Abutu, said the state would not succumb to cheap blackmail.
The statement reads in part;
“The Command is not moved by this false, ill-conceived, unreasonable, politically motivated and selfish statement, as it is evident through available records that Ekiti State remains one of the safest States in the country till date.
It would be recalled that sometime in August, 2023, the president of the same Union (FESSU), Mr. Abel Adewale Ajibade, in company of some of his executives paid a courtesy visit to the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police in his office where he gave so much accolades to the CP and the entire Command for the dogged and effective policing that has kept Ekiti State peaceful and safe. The President however, expressed their anger concerning how the Ekiti State Government has not been responding to their financial and other extraneous demands to support their members. He further stated that their members will embark on street protest or find alternative means of getting the attention of the State Government if nothing is done concerning their spurious and unrealistic demands. The Commissioner advised the team not to take laws into their hands rather, they should go through the right channel if they think they have a genuine case.
It is therefore most ridiculous and patently mischievous for the architects of this falsehood to think this is the best way to get the attention of the government, not considering the negative implications it will have on the citizens and the entire State. The state will not in anyway succumb to cheap blackmail”
