The Nigeria Police Force has denied reports that it ordered its officers to barricade the home of the senate president Bukola Saraki.
The police noted that the police personnel seen in pictures in the media were those in the convoy of the Senate President and others attached to him.
“The Senate President must honour police invitation otherwise the Force will not hesitate to use all the instruments of the Law to ensure compliance with the law,” Jimoh Moshood, Police PPRO said in a statement.
He noted that the Force did not besiege the Senate President residence as alleged, explaining that, the Nigeria Police Force on the 23rd of July, 2018 invited Saraki to report to the head of investigation team at the Intelligence Response Team office at Guzape junction, Asokoro Extension, Abuja today for further investigation on his indictment from confessional statements from some of the five (5) gang leaders arrested for their active participation in the Offa bank robbery and gruesome murder of more than 31 persons and snatching of 21 AK47 rifles on the 5th of April, 2018.
“But the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria refused to honour Police invitation as at the time of this press release,” the police said.
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“The Force therefore, insists that the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria is being expected to report to the head of investigation team at the Intelligence Response Team office at Guzape junction, Asokoro Extension, Abuja and should honour the invitation, otherwise the Force will not hesitate to use all the instruments of the Law to ensure compliance with the law.
Moshood noted that the Nigeria Police Force’s attention was also drawn to the innuendos in the early hours of Thursday that some Police men were seen surrounding the residence of the Senate President.
“The Force wishes to categorically state that there was no authorised deployment of Police personnel to besiege the residence of the Senate President or his deputy as reported in the media.
“The police personnel seen in pictures in the media were those in the convoy of the Senate President and others attached to him.
“However, the Inspector General of Police has directed a thorough investigation to ascertain the facts in the episode. The Force will not allow the end of justice to be perverted by this distraction.
“The Nigeria Police will ensure that the rule of law prevails in this matter
