The Ekiti State Police Command has clarified that the convoy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, did not knock down any pedestrian on Tuesday.
The command described the news being spread on the social media platform by Governor Ayo Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, as a “baseless rumour and a misleading information.”
Olayinka had alleged on his WhatsApp and Facebook portals that a Police Inspector, Kayode Gabriel, was killed by one of the vehicles in Fayemi’s convoy.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the command strongly dissociates itself from the act of misinformation capable of causing panic and creating mischief in the minds of the general public.
Ikechukwu said: “There was a fatal motor pedestrian accident at about 0930hrs in front of Captain Cook eatery by the flyover of Fajuyi area of Ado-Ekiti.
“The accident involved a Sienna ash colour with registration number LAGOS SZ 874 EKY driven by one Abayomi Ismaila Damilare knocked down two pedestrians namely Inspector Gabriel Kayode and Albert Afolayan who were about to cross the road.
“They were confirmed dead by a medical doctor while receiving treatment at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.
“The driver has been arrested and his vehicle impounded for further investigation.
“Furthermore, the motorcade of Dr. Kayode Fayemi and that of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, arrived Ado-Ekiti to their rally center at about 1400hrs.
“The command advises the general public to always cross check information/facts before going to disseminate it to any form of social media thereby misleading the good people of Ekiti and indeed Nigerians.”
