The attention of the Ekiti State Police Command has been drawn to a suspected sponsored and malicious protest video circulating on the social media, particularly on twitter, against the personnel of the Command’s Rapid Response Squad(RRS).
2. The Command, after considering the circumstances that birthed the mischievous protest by a micro set of individuals, implores members of the public to disregard it as it was obviously aimed at ridiculing and denting the image as well as deflating the morale of the personnel of the Rapid Response Squad and the Command generally.
3. After a meticulous investigation into the protest video, the Command realized that the protest was as a result of what earlier transpired between the operatives of the RRS and a syndicate of hoodlums suspected to be cultists led by one OLOWOYO MOYINOLUWA VICTOR.
4. It would be recalled that on Wednesday 9/03/2022 at about 14:30hrs, a distress call was received from the Command’s Control Room by the RRS that some armed men suspected to be cultists were on rampage in Fayose Market, Ado-Ekiti.
5. Upon the receipt of the information, the operatives of the RRS swung into action by moving to the Market.
6. On getting to the Market, it was discovered that people were running helter skelter and scampering for safety as the suspected cultists were wildly in action.
7. On sighting the Police team, the suspected cultists took to their heels but three of them were eventually arrested.
8. While the RRS operatives were on their way out with the suspects arrested, one *Owa Babatunde* with his gang ordered that the market be shut against the operatives, attacked them and consequently aided the escape of the arrested suspects.
9. The operatives discretionally left the scene but later arrested Owa Babatunde, investigated and charged him to court for the offence of obstructing Police Officers while performing their lawful duty and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
10. Due to the arrest and prosecution of their gang leader, one OLOWOYO MOYINOLUWA who has been arrested twice in the past by the operatives of the RRS for the offence of robbery, taken to court but later released, led the gang to mischievously and maliciously protest against the Command’s Rapid Response Squad(RRS).
11. It is also in record that OLOWOYO MOYINOLUWA was arrested sometime in 2020 by the Command for specializing in receiving stolen properties, charged to Court but was later released.
12. The same OLOWOYO MOYINOLUWA was arrested on 10/04/2021 for initiating and spreading fake story against the Command’s Rapid Response Squad(RRS).
After his confessional statement, he was granted bail as a result of the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Judicial Staff.
He has gone into hiding since then to escape being prosecuted.
13. It would also be recalled that OLOWOYO MOYINOLUWA led his gang during ENDSARS to stone the convoy of his Excellency, the Executive Governor of Ekiti, DR JOHN KAYODE FAYEMI.
He was arrested but later cautioned and released on bail.
14. From the above scenarios, it is obvious that OLOWOYO MOYINOLUWA specializes in sponsoring adverse information and actions that are aimed at denting the image of the Nigeria Police Force, especially the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) as demonstrated in the latest protest video.
15. Without mincing words, it is no longer news that the Command’s Rapid Response Squad(RRS) under the leadership of CSP OGUNDOLA MARCUS stands outstanding and has received a lot of commendations from many Nigerians especially the good people of Ekiti State for the job well done especially the arrest of a lot of criminal elements within and outside the State.
16. It is obvious that the gang-up against the operatives of the RRS as shown on 10/03/2022 can only be sponsored and perpetrated by criminally minded members of the Society whose activities have been closely monitored and crippled by the Unit.
The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP TUNDE MOBAYO, while imploring the good members of the public disregard the malicious protest video and continue to support the Police in the fight against crimes and criminalities, pledges that the Command, under his watch, shall continue to puncture the activities of all criminal ambassadors in the State.
