The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has again reacted to the allegations levelled against him by Gov. Sim Fubara prior to the Oct. 5th council polls in the State, describing it as unexpected.
Egbetokun, in a statement on Tuesday, explained that they were only at the RSIEC office on the night before the election to prevent an attack on the facility by hoodlums.
He also said, he wrote to the Governor intimating him of their decision to stay off the election.
“I wrote the governor intimating him of this decision to stay off the election and that Policemen would not be involved.
“Before then we had intelligence that some persons were planning to attack and burn down the SIEC. So the next day, policemen were deployed to the Rivers State Electoral Commission (River SIEC) to protect the commission.
“The next day, the governor came out making all sorts of allegations including saying that Police were there to tamper with election materials which was unexpected,” he said.
