The new Commissioner of Police, CP, in Ekiti State, Mr Abdulahi Chafe, has discounted the allegation making the rounds, that he was under instruction to work against Governor Ayodele Fayose, saying “I’m in Ekiti to fight crime”. Chafe, also denied the rumour that he is from Katsina State, the state of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he is from Chafe in Tsafe Local Government area of Zamfara State.
He added that; ‘’Aside from politics, I’m old enough to differentiate between good and bad”. Ayodele Fayose A section of Ekiti elders had on Saturday, condemned the Inspector General of Police for transferring the former Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu without the knowledge of Governor Ayodele Fayose, and replacing him with somebody from Katsina state, the home town of the President, describing this as an alleged grand design to rig the 2018 governorship poll.
The new CP , who assumed office in Ekiti last Friday, said he was transferred to the State from Kogi to fight crime and promised not to sacrifice professionalism on the altar of politics that could taint his career. Briefing newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Chafe said his mission in Ekiti is to sanitize it and make it a no-go-area for criminals. “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 will hold 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.’’
