The police yesterday said they arrested eight suspects in connection with the attack on Senate President Bukola Saraki and other personalities at the Ilorin praying ground.
Police spokesperson, Ajayi Okasanmi, described those that arrested as “miscreants”.
Okasanmi added that there was no record of any civil servant or government official among those arrested.
Said he:
“The state police command deployed no fewer than 2000 policemen in synergy with other security agencies to make sure that the Eid-el–Kabir celebration is a huge success. In the course of prayers, there was the insurgence of criminals which we put into consideration while planning our security strategy. We know they normally come to beg for money from well-to-do members of the public.
“So they came as usual, but we noticed they were becoming unruly. We had to come out to prevent them from getting to where the VIPs were seated. We then chased them away and we arrested about eight of them. They are in our custody and we have started investigation.
“We learnt that one or two persons were injured; but there has not been any official reports as to if anyone was injured. The motive of their unruly behaviour is yet to be determined. As far as we are concerned, the people arrested are miscreants.
“From the stories we are hearing, one or two vehicles have been damaged but we have not seen the vehicles. We also heard that one person was injured but we have not seen the person.
“The prayers went as planned and the dignitaries came back to their various destinations without any hitch. Among the people arrested, there was no record of civil or government functionary; the eight arrested are miscreants.”
The Nation
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