A delegation of the police hierarchy led by Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Suleiman Fakai, met with the president in his office in State House following a similar meeting with the leadership of the NSCDC on Wednesday evening.
With Fakai in the absence of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, who was said to be currently out of the country, were Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko; Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Anti-Vandalism, Friday Ibadin; and the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Ubah.
No statement was released after the about one hour-long meeting.
However, speaking with State House correspondents later, the police spokesman confirmed that the Police/NSCDC clash formed part of the issues discussed at the meeting with the President.
He revealed that the police briefed the president on “the police perspective of the report.
According to him,”The meeting is just one of those routine visits where the police leadership come around to brief the President on co-operational related issues. Basically that is why we are here this morning.
“Of course, that (the clash between policemen and officials of the NSCDC) is one of those issues we discussed and we also have to come in here to give the President a police perspective on that report and that is exactly what the leadership of the police has done. Giving the President a comprehensive report of what actually transpired, from police perspective and actually presenting the facts as they were.”
When asked whether the police actually shot and killed the NSCDC officials, he declined to speak on it but noted that the President had been properly briefed and that the facts would become public later.
“For now, we have briefed the President and I think it will suffice for me to stop. The President has been properly briefed on this matter and I think with time you will get to see, and you will get to hear the exact fact of the case,” he said.
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