Take It Back Movement rejects police account of attack on Sowore in Ekiti

The Take It Back Movement, TIB, has rejected the Ekiti State Police Command’s account of the attack on its leader and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, in Ado-Ekiti.

The group also demanded the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, CP Falade Adegoroye Michael, and the identification and prosecution of all those involved in the attack.

TIB made the demand in a statement issued on Friday, 30th October 2026, and signed by its National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon, titled “You cannot beat, bleed and then gaslight the victims.”

The movement said it was outraged not only by the violence inflicted on Sowore, Pastor Samuel Ajeigbe, its National Chairman, and other members in Ado-Ekiti, but by what it described as a disgraceful attempt by the police to minimise the incident.

According to TIB, Sowore and his entourage were attacked and there was no altercation as claimed by the police, insisting that images and accounts from the scene showed disturbing injuries.

The group faulted the police for describing the incident as a mere altercation and the injuries 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 statement said.

TIB said it was particularly concerned that Sowore had alleged that CP Falade Adegoroye Michael personally visited the scene and witnessed the aftermath, including the injuries, yet the command later issued a statement downplaying the attack.

It also demanded an independent and thorough investigation into allegations concerning complicity and misconduct involving security personnel, insisting that nobody, including the CP, should be above scrutiny.

The group further condemned the Ekiti State Government under Governor Biodun Oyebanji for failing to guarantee an environment where political actors can exercise their constitutional freedoms, and warned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that political power does not confer ownership of public spaces.

“Identify the perpetrators. Arrest them. Prosecute them. Let justice be done,” TIB declared, adding that it will not retreat or be intimidated into silence.