PDP protest: Melaye, Bruce to report to FCT Police Command
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by joseph edeh2 the nigeria police force says sen. dino melaye and sen. ben murray-bruce are to report to the police command in the fct on oct. 8 and not to the igp monitoring unit for investigation as earlier stated1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the force on oct. 5 had invited the duo to report to the igp monitoring unit for investigation for public disturbance in abuja1 nan also reports that the duo who were members of the pdp that protested the outcome of the osun governorship election at the force headquarters on oct. 5 allegedly attacked policemen1 a statement by the force spokesman acting dcp jimoh moshood on sunday in abuja said that the two senators were captured on camera for their roles in the disturbance1 moshood alleged that the duo pushed and hit policemen to forcefully gain entrance into the force headquarters to cause damage to police equipment and government properties1 he said that further investigation was ongoing to determine the level of involvement and culpability of other individuals during the protest1 the spokesman said that the invitation letters have been sent to them for compliance1 the federal capital territory fct police command has the statutory jurisdiction to investigate the matter he said1