The Nigeria Police Force says it cannot confirm the allegation by the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, that armed men laid siege to his residence on Saturday morning.
The Force Headquarters spokesperson, Anietie Iniedu, disclosed this while responding to enquiries over the speaker’s alarm that his home was under attack by armed men at about 6 a.m. on the day of the governorship election.
Mr Iniedu said the police immediately responded to the complaint by deploying officers to the speaker’s residence, but found no evidence to substantiate the allegation.
“We’ve gotten that complaint and mobilised the police complaint unit, and the DPO of that division was directed to proceed to that location, and we could not confirm that allegation at the residence of the speaker. So far, we cannot confirm that,” he said.
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