The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has refuted claims of excessive force used by security agencies against #EndBadGovernance protesters.
The Police Chief made the clarification while speaking at a meeting of security agency heads in Abuja on Tuesday.
Egbetokun said the police and military did not use live ammunition during the protests. Instead, he revealed that security operatives were attacked while managing the protests.
He said, “The police and the military, indeed no other security agency involved in the management of this protest has deployed excessive use of force. Instead, what we had were attacks on security agents during the protest. From our record, there were no shooting incidents by the police,” Egbetokun said.
“The police or military did not use any live ammunition in the management of these protests. Instead, we have had cases where our officers were injured and are in critical condition as we speak.
“I will dismiss that as fake news and very wrong allegations. We didn’t use excessive force at all. We didn’t even deploy the whole of our strength in this protest even when it turned violent. We have water cannons we did not deploy, we have rubber bullets, we didn’t use. All that we have used in the management of this protest is teargas and nothing more.”
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