Akeredolu Orders Probe Over Polls Violence In Oba-Akoko

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday ordered that a panel of inquiry  be set up to investigate the immediate and remote causes of violence perpetrated in Oba Akoko.
The Tide source reports that Akeredolu had, last Saturday evening, restricted human and vehicular movement into and from Oba-Akoko due to violence perpetrated by some hoodlums after the 2019 State House of Assembly election.
Akeredolu gave the directive in Oba Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area, during an inspection of damage to the Divisional Police Station, Oba-Akoko and other areas affected.
The governor, who in company of the state Commissioner of Police, Undie Adie, expressed displeasure at the level of destruction at the station and its barracks, stressing that the panel would determine the cost of damage done to public and private property.
He wondered why the perpetrators would embark on such height of criminality and lawlessness.
He called on the police and other security agencies to enforce the directive to restrict internal human and vehicular movements in the town.
“Please let our directives be complied with to the letter. Nobody moves in and out of Oba for the time being until further notice,” he said.
Earlier,  Adie, thanked the governor for visiting the Oba-Akoko Police Station to assess the level of destruction
Adie said that voting had virtually been concluded when some youths illegally blocked the highway to prevent the police and INEC officials from moving with the results to the local government Collation Centre.
“Surprisingly, they did not stop there. They moved into this Police Station and damaged property.
“We have made some arrests and deployments have been made to the town to restore peace and order to the community”, he said.
The Tide reports that property destroyed include: a Police patrol vehicle, some private vehicles belonging to police officers, as well as the DPO’s lodge and other private property in the community.
Divisional Police Officer (DPO), ASP Mayegun Adewale, conducted the governor and the Commissioner of Police round the station and other strategic places in the town.