Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has accused the Ekiti State Police Command of shielding those behind the attack on him and members of his team in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

Mr Sowore, who played down the arrest of 11 suspects linked to the attack, said the principal perpetrators had yet to be apprehended.

In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, the Sahara Reporters publisher named 12 people, including Governor Biodun Oyebanji and the Commissioner of Police, Falade Michael, whom he wants investigated regarding the incident.

He called for the removal of Mr Michael as the police commissioner in the state.

The attack occurred on 30 October at Taw...