It has come to the notice of the Zone 2 Headquarters reports
making the rounds in national dailies that ‘Obasanjo Storms out of Police Event
over Delay.’
In as much as it is a statement of fact that there was
delay in the taking off of the First Special Training and Capacity Development
Seminar held at the Federal Palace Hotel, yesterday March 2, 2017, due to
exigencies of the policing job, the truth must not be skewed to suit personal
or pre-determined stances.
The special guest of honour, Former president Olusegun
Obasanjo in his usual fatherly manner and once being a uniformed personnel
himself, came into the hall and still went ahead to deliver his remarks as
earlier scheduled. He would have shelved his remarks were he truly angry as
insinuated.
In fact, the former president took his time to pose
for pictures with dignitaries, seminar participants and other people
individually (as is evident in the picture used in the said stories) – a clear
sign he did not ‘storm’ out of the event as alleged.
What was misconstrued as a swipe against the force was
nothing but Baba’s usual jolly nature and world famous penchant for throwing
banters. The pictures attached to this rebuttal clearly show that nothing was
amiss and there is no cause for alarm.
The Nigeria Police wishes to state clearly that it
would never disrespect any elder statesman or anyone at all by deliberately
keeping them waiting.
The AIG Zone 2, AIG Kayode Aderanti, mni uses this
medium to enjoin news reporters to maintain objectivity, devoid of personal
inflections and misleading tendencies when turning in their stories.
The general public is hereby urged to disregard the
story as a lone error in situation appraisal that it truly is.
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