The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has alleged plan by some people to frustrate the investigation into the killing of one of its supporters, Mr. Ayodele Jeje.
The PDP said some people had been putting pressure on the police to manipulate the investigation.
Jeje was killed at Erinjiyan- Ekiti a fortnight ago.
PDP Chairman in the state, Mr Makanjuola Ogundipe, said: “We have reports that some people are mounting pressure on the Commissioner of Police, Mr Sotonye Wakama, and some senior security officials involved in the investigation of the murder of Ayodele Jeje that some vital evidence be destroyed, tampered with or even ignored so that the killers would go free or there would not be enough evidence to nail them”.
Ogundipe, however, called on the Commissioner of Police and other involved in the investigation not to compromise in handling the matter.
The PDP chairman, who spoke at the weekend in Ado-Ekiti through his media aide, Mr Femi Omolusi, also appealed to the Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to ensure that his “men diligently investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to justice”.
He said the call became imperative following the pressure being mounted on Wakama and police officers in Ekiti State Command to bury the matter.
Ogundipe said: “We call on the investigating team not to compromise, pervert justice or allow for any misconduct in the discharge of their duties. Those who killed Jeje, shot innocent men and women, many of who are still in the hospital, should not go unpunished.
“For the sake of justice, we are calling on the IGP to call for our statement that we sent to the Ekiti State Police Command. This is not about politics, but the murder of an innocent soul. No amount of money or propaganda should be allowed to cover the blood of Jeje.”
But the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Victor Babayemi Olu, denied that the police were under pressure to manipulate the investigation.
Olu told journalists on phone the investigation “is ongoing “professionally, conscientiously and with the fear of God”.
The police spokesman said: “We are assuring Nigerians that anybody that runs foul of the law will be taken care of in accordance with the laws of the land.
“I can say without mincing words that we are up to the task and when investigation is concluded, the appropriate steps will be taken.”
It will be recalled that some suspected Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) members attacked PDP members a fortnight ago, shot Jeje dead, leaving others with gunshot injury ahead of the defection of many ACN members to PDP at Erinjiyan-Ekiti the following morning.
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