Nobody said Senator Omo-Agege lied, Delta CP declares

The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Zanna M. Ibrahim has refuted media reports purportedly circulated by an Aide to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, wherein it was alleged that CP Ibrahim said the Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo Agege lied over the attack on him and his convoy by suspected political thugs at an empowerment programme the lawmaker held Saturday July 15 in Ekpan and other parts of Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State.

The Commissioner, who gave the clarification Monday July 17 at the Conference room of the Command Headquarters, Asaba, during the weekly briefing with the Command’s management team, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Heads of Departments (HODs), stated that at no time did the Command dismiss the distinguished Senator’s report.

The CP who was responding to insinuations in certain quarters of the press that the Command dismissed the senator’s alleged attack, noted that preliminary investigation into the case had already commenced at the Area Command Office, Warri and will be later transferred to SCIID, Asaba, with a view to getting to the root of the case so as to fish out the culprits and bring them to justice.

Meanwhile, the Police boss has called on politicians and other stakeholders to always avail themselves of their unfettered access to the police and other security agencies to seek for provision of adequate security, especially when distributing money and other items to their constituents as hoodlums may want to hijack such events to their own advantage.

The CP while urging politicians to eschew anything that may heat up the polity, promised that all reported incidents will be properly investigated without any fear or favour.

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