The Edo State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party has raised the alarm over the
alleged redeployment of the state’s
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Finihan Adeoye,
allegedly on the instruction of Governor Adams
Oshiomhole.

The party described the removal of the police
commissioner as one done in “controversial
circumstances,” especially as it came a few
days to the governorship election scheduled
for next Wednesday.


The Publicity Secretary, Edo PDP, Chris
Nehikhare, in a statement on Tuesday evening,
alleged that the governor influenced Adeoye’s
redeployment over a disagreement on the use
of police personnel before and during the poll.
Adeoye had resumed office on September 5,
after his predecessor, Chris Ezike, was
redeployed to the Police College in Lagos.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State
Command, Theodore Okafor, neither
confirmed nor denied the report when he was
contacted for comment.


Okafor said that he had not received any signal
in connection with the development.
When asked if the police commissioner was
still in charge of the command, the PPRO said,
“My CP is still in charge. I do not know what
they are talking about.”


However, the opposition party alleged that the
governor had taken offence that the
commissioner was not in support of the recent
arrests and detention of its (PDP) members.
The statement read, “Mr. Finihan Adeoye,
sources say, had proved difficult about
deploying policemen on the eve of the election
and on the day of election, in a manner that
would affect the conduct and outcome of the
election.


“The disposition of the commissioner is said to
have made the governor uncomfortable. This
had made him to appeal to higher authorities,
from where the order for the removal of Mr.
Adeoye was given.”


But the state government denied the allegation,
saying that it had no control over the structure
of the police.


In a statement by the Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Kassim Afegbua,
it said, “We are not the Nigeria Police Force.
The force is an institution that has its own
command structure under the supervision of
the Inspector-General of Police.


“We could not have played any role in who
becomes the Commissioner of Police. It is
purely police affairs.”


The state government accused the PDP of
bastardising the security agency.
The statement added, “Under the APC change
agenda, we are not only allowing military and
paramilitary institutions to run professionally,
we are building a new police institution that
would be responsive to the challenges of
modern policing.”


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It's part of their rigging process...

But that won't change the outcome of the election that POI is EDo state next governor..

Was Adam oshiomole a comrade or a politician when he was nlc president?
I chose the latter.