SaharaReporters reports that the attack took place at Tawakalitu Restaurant in the Dalimore location of Ado-Ekiti, soon after Sowore concluded a live radio interview at MIDAS 90.5 FM as part of his political engagements in the state.
Sowore and members of his entourage were supposedly attacked by a group of armed guys, leaving numerous individuals hurt, consisting of security workers accompanying him.
The opponents supposedly dispossessed members of the group of cellphones, watches, shoes and other individual valuables.
Sowore sustained injuries needing medical attention, while a policeman connected to his group was likewise hurt and consequently dealt with.
The activist has actually explained the event as a collaborated assassination effort, declaring that the opponents showed the understanding, support or complicity of politically linked people and security operatives.
2 weeks after the occurrence, the authorities have actually not openly divulged any substantive development worrying the people Sowore particularly recognized as the supposed primary wrongdoers and sponsors.
The Ekiti State Police Command formerly revealed the arrest and arraignment of 11 people, Sowore turned down the advancement as a diversion, firmly insisting that those provided before the court were not the primary assailants recorded in video recordings of the event.
He implicated the cops of intentionally pursuing a deceptive examination while permitting the people he determined to stay at big.
People And Officials Named In Connection With The Attack
Sowore has actually openly required the examination of the following people over their declared participation in the attack, its preparation, coordination, execution or subsequent handling:
1 Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji– Governor of Ekiti State: Sowore has actually required an examination into the declared usage of state security structures and Government House connections in relation to the attack. The Ekiti State Government has actually rejected participation.
2 CSP Ayodele Akinlua– Chief Security Officer to Governor Oyebanji: Allegedly made a phone call before the attack caution that Sowore’s security might not be ensured if he continued with his engagements in Ado-Ekiti. Sowore has actually questioned whether the caution showed anticipation of the prepared violence.
3 CP Falade Adegoroye Michael– Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State: Accused by Sowore of mishandling the examination, at first characterising the violence as a run-in and supposedly stopping working to pursue the primary suspects.
4 Ekiti State Director of the Department of State Services (DSS): Sowore has actually declared that DSS workers monitored his motions, frightened people hosting his political conferences and helped in tracking his area before the attack.
5 Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo– Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority: Allegedly connected by Sowore to the mobilization of people associated with the attack, consisting of among the primary suspects determined as Solar.
6 Makinde Araoye– Ekiti Proprietor of Ikogosi Marathon Named by Sowore amongst those whose supposed functions and connections surrounding the occasions resulting in the attack must be examined.
7 Sunday Adedayo Asefon– Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Student Engagement: Accused by Sowore of apparently collaborating and funding people associated with the attack.
8 Sola Adenijo, widely called “Solar”: Identified by Sowore as one of the supposed primary aggressors who got involved straight in the violence at Tawakalitu Restaurant. He is noted as the Treasurer of the City Boy Movement Ekiti branch.
9 Ijarotimi Ayodeji Akintade Ifeoluwa, commonly called “AK”: The machete-wielding person who took part in the attack. He is noted as Chief Security Officer of the Ekiti State chapter of the pro-Tinubu City Boy Movement.
10. Asiwaju Kasali Oluwafemi, commonly referred to as “Kasali”: A political figure who leads the City Boy Movement in Ekiti State, whom Sowore formerly implicated of making risks and whose supposed connection to the attack he has actually required be examined.
11 CSP (Dr.) Marcus Olaosebikan Ogundola (Retired)– Former Commander of the Rapid Response Squad, Ekiti State: Accused by Sowore of supposedly leading cops workers who existed throughout the attack, taping the event and taking part in the subsequent handling of CCTV proof.
12 Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Adviser to the FCT Minister, who is noted as one of the organizers and enablers of the attack.
Missing Out On CCTV Evidence, Tracked Phones And Alleged Security Complicity
The debate surrounding the authorities examination has actually deepened following claims that vital proof from the attack scene was jeopardized.
According to Sowore, CCTV devices consisting of recordings of the event was eliminated by security workers and consequently returned with the video apparently removed.
He has actually required an independent forensic evaluation of the devices to recuperate the initial recordings and identify who accessed, transformed or erased the files.
Sowore likewise revealed that cellphones taken throughout the attack were consequently tracked to areas around the Ekiti State Government House, consisting of locations near the guv’s workplace and lodge.
He declared that the tracking details raised severe concerns about the location of the taken residential or commercial property and possible connections in between the opponents and people running within the Government House environment.
Authorities Headquarters Promise Independent Investigation
Following the attack, Sowore’s legal group, led by human rights attorney, Tope Temokun, petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, asking for an independent examination into the event.
Sowore and advocates consequently staged a demonstration at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, requiring the arrest of those accountable.
Throughout the demonstration, a senior policeman supposedly notified the protesters that a group of detectives had actually been dispatched from Abuja to Ekiti State to carry out a comprehensive examination, consisting of forensic assessments.
Sowore stated the cops asked for one week to make development.
He even more revealed that the workplace of the Inspector-General of Police consequently interacted that the matter had actually been moved to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), Alagbon, Lagos.
He revealed issues that the Ekiti State Police Command continued to manage elements of the matter regardless of the reported transfer.
The activist likewise criticised a subsequent invite sent out to him by the Ekiti State Police Command, explaining its recommendation to the attack as an “occurrence” as another effort to reduce the severity of the violence.
He questioned why private investigators appeared more thinking about acquiring another declaration from him than in capturing people currently determined in openly flowed video proof.
2 Weeks Later, Questions Remain Unanswered
Since November 13, 2026, precisely 2 weeks after the attack, numerous concerns stay unsettled.
The cops have yet to openly describe whether the primary suspects recognized by Sowore have actually been questioned, whether the supposed DSS participation is being examined, whether the contested CCTV recordings have actually gone through independent forensic analysis or whether the tracking info worrying the taken cellphones has actually been analyzed.
There has actually likewise been no openly divulged result of the assured examination by the group supposedly dispatched from the Force Headquarters.
Sowore keeps that the failure to take openly proven action versus the called suspects strengthens his accusation that prominent political and security figures are being protected from responsibility.
The Ekiti State federal government has actually formerly rejected participation in the attack, while the cops have actually reported arrests in connection with the occurrence. Those actions stay appropriate to the contending accounts of what took place.
Sowore has actually firmly insisted that detaining people inapplicable to the primary attack can not replacement for an examination into the organisers, investors, direct individuals and any authorities who might have helped with or hidden the criminal activity.
He is requiring an independent examination, the conservation and forensic evaluation of all readily available proof, the recognition and prosecution of those accountable, and responsibility for any security workers discovered to have actually taken part in or blocked the examination.
2 weeks after the attack, it has yet to be seen how the Nigeria Police Force would examine the accusations versus all those called, no matter their political connections or main positions, and openly represent the proof and investigative actions taken.
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