No siege at Awujale Palace - Police clarify deployment, invitation of Gbenden

The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed reports alleging that the Awujale Palace successful Ijebu-Ode was nether siege by thugs oregon miscreants.

The Command said constabulary unit were contiguous astatine the palace strictly to support instrumentality and order.

In a connection connected Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the deployment was a preventive information measurement aimed astatine safeguarding lives and spot and forestalling immoderate breakdown of nationalist peace.

Babaseyi added that an Assistant Commissioner of Police was deployed to oversee the information statement astatine the palace successful bid to guarantee effectual supervision and operational coordination.

The bid besides clarified that Chief Adebisi Adaran, popularly known arsenic Gbenden, was invited pursuing a written petition containing allegations against him.

“He honoured the invitation, was questioned successful transportation with the allegations and was subsequently released connected self-recognisance, portion investigations continue.”

The bid said the invitation was portion of a morganatic investigative process and should no...