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Vandals attack police station during #EndSARS protest in Ekiti
By Emmanuel Awosika
Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Tunde Mobayo, has decried the vandalisation of police properties by hoodlums during an #EndSARS protest.
The incident, which occurred on Saturday, left four vehicles and several other properties worth millions of naira destroyed.
Mobayo alleged that some youths had attacked the Ikere Area Command and Ikere Area Divisional Headquarters during the protests and damaged police facilities there.
Describing the attack as “barbaric”, the Police Commissioner enjoined protesters to remain peaceful and stop miscreants from carrying out misdeeds under the guise of protesting.
This was contained in a statement released by the Ekiti Police spokesperson, Sunday Abutu.
The statement reads in part: “The command implore parents, guardians and all stakeholders to warn their wards to refrain from engaging in any form of violent protest, or act that could alter the peace of our dear society.
“On Saturday, October 17, a group of hoodlums in their large numbers, in the name of protest, went wild and attacked Ikere Area Command as well as Ikere Divisional Police Headquarters, destroying items worth millions of naira in the process.
“Part of the items destroyed are; the Area Command and the Divisional Headquarters fences/gates, Area Command and Divisional Headquarters signposts, about 40 window glasses, four vehicles parked at the station and the roof of a building close to the station among others.
“The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Tunde Mobayo, however, condemns such attack on police properties and innocent citizens, noting that the attack could be described as barbaric, wicked and uncalled-for.
“The commissioner hereby enjoins those who wish to protest to be more organised in a way that should not affect the rights of other members of the society.”
They should be peaceful and should not give room for miscreants to hijack such peaceful protest.”
