The Take It Back Movement, TIB, has rejected the Ekiti State Police Command’s account of the attack on its chief and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, in Ado-Ekiti.
The group additionally demanded the speedy elimination of the Commissioner of Police, CP Falade Adegoroye Michael, and the identification and prosecution of all these concerned in the attack.
TIB made the demand in a press release issued on Friday, thirtieth October 2026, and signed by its National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon, titled “You cannot beat, bleed and then gaslight the victims.”
The motion stated it was outraged not solely by the violence inflicted on Sowore, Pastor Samuel Ajeigbe, its National Chairman, and different members in Ado-Ekiti, however by what it described as a disgraceful try by the police to minimise the incident.
According to TIB, Sowore and his entourage had been attacked and there was no altercation as claimed by the police, insisting that pictures and accounts from the scene confirmed disturbing accidents.
The group faulted the police for describing the incident as a mere altercation and the accidents as minor, saying the narrative insulted the intelligence of Nigerians and compounded the trauma of victims.
“A press release cannot erase injuries. Official titles cannot whitewash violence. And the authority of the Police cannot be used to intimidate victims into silence,” the assertion stated.
TIB stated it was notably involved that Sowore had alleged that CP Falade Adegoroye Michael personally visited the scene and witnessed the aftermath, together with the accidents, but the command later issued a press release downplaying the attack.
It additionally demanded an impartial and thorough investigation into allegations regarding complicity and misconduct involving safety personnel, insisting that no person, together with the CP, needs to be above scrutiny.
The group additional condemned the Ekiti State Government underneath Governor Biodun Oyebanji for failing to ensure an surroundings the place political actors can train their constitutional freedoms, and warned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that political energy doesn’t confer possession of public areas.
“Identify the perpetrators. Arrest them. Prosecute them. Let justice be done,” TIB declared, including that it’s going to not retreat or be intimidated into silence.
