I Am Not In Ekiti To Work Against Fayose – CP
The new Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Mr. Abdullahi Chafe yesterday debunked the rumour making the rounds that he was in Ekiti State to work against Governor Ayodele Fayose-led government.
Chafe who denied the insinuation said his mandate was to fight crime.
The police boss also clarified that he is from Chafe in Tsafe Local Government area of Zamfara State against the claims from some quarters that he is from Katsina State, as President Muhammadu Buhari.
The former Kogi CP , who swapped position with Mr Wilson Inalegwu and assumed office in Ekiti from Kogi state last Friday, vowed to squarely face the business of policing and promised not to sacrifice professionalism on the altar of politics that could taint his career.
Some Ekiti elders, had last Saturday raised the alarm that the new CP brought to the state by the federal government to allegedly witch-hunt Fayose as part of grand design to rig the 2018 governorship poll.
Addressing journalists in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Chafe said his mission in Ekiti is to sanitize the state and rid it of criminals to make it a safe haven to investors .
He promised to sustain all the anti-crime strategies and structures put in place by his predecessor to combat crime, adding that he would dialogue with transport unions, administrators of all the tertiary institutions in Ekiti and other bodies to reduce disruption of public peace by cultists and fraudsters’.
According to him, “I am not under any instruction to come here to fight anybody. Even when I was transferred, I did not even know that Ekiti election is coming soon, it was when I got here that I knew that election is coming here soon.
“I value my profession and personality above any other thing. Even if you check all the elections that had been conducted recently, President Buhari didn’t interfere in police works. So, I am here to perform my statutory duties.
“I am a Nigerian and wherever I go to, I see myself as part of that community and I can’t come here to cause trouble. I have worked in all the six geopolitical zones of the country and I have good records.
“I am old enough to form my own principles and these principles will surely guide me in the discharge of my duties”, he said.
He promised that his men will sustain and improve the raiding of all black spots in Ado Ekiti and motor parks if the sales of Indian Hemp and other hard drugs is not stopped.
Chafe appealed to members of the public to cooperate with his men and offer useful information to tackle crime in Ekiti.
