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Police declare Ekiti Acting Speaker wanted

Posted by oluyinka olusile on May 7, 2009 at 1:00am
The Ekiti State Police Command has declared the Acting Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Saliu Adeoti, wanted over his alleged involvement in the burning of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office in Ido/Osi Local Government.Skip to next paragraphPhoto fileMr Saliu Adeoti, Speaker Ekiti StateA statement by the command’s Provost Marshall/Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sikiru Fatola, said that the police wanted Adeoti to come and prove his innocence over the alleged arson.Fatola, an assistant superintendent of police, said he was acting on behalf of the interim Commissioner of Police in charge of the state command, Mr. Yakubu Alkali.The statement reads, “This is to inform the general public that the Ekiti State Acting Speaker, Mr. Saliu Adeoti, is being declared wanted by the Ekiti State Police Command.“(This is) on a matter not unconnected with the burning of Ido/Osi INEC office on Saturday, April 25, which is widely reported by the dailies.”The statement further urged members of the public with information on the whereabouts of the acting speaker to make such information available to the police.In a telephone interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, Adeoti said the declaration by the police was “abnormal and unwarranted.”He said, “Declaring me wanted will imply that I have once been summoned by the police via a valid warrant. As I’m talking to you (6pm), I have not received any and nobody has told me that I’m needed at the police station.”Adeoti had, during an interview with journalists on Sunday, described the “politically-motivated” report linking him with the attack on INEC office and the allegation that he was on the run as a ruse.Before Wednesday’s statement by the police, a national newspaper had on Friday alleged that Adeoti knocked down a student in Osogbo while fleeing the state, having been then declared wanted by the police.Addressing journalists at his Otun-Ekiti residence, he said that it was part of an alleged plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to ease him out so that he would not exert his influence on the just-concluded rerun election.Although he confirmed that his old BMW car was involved in an accident in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, he said it was driven by his younger brother who had been driving the car since 2007.
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