The Akwa Ibom state Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo has described as false and unfounded the allegation against him by the state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel of aiding ‘an illegal invasion’ of the State Assembly complex by the five factional lawmakers.

Kimo who made the rebuttal on Wednesday while interacting with some journalists in his office at Ikot-Akpanabia Uyo, insisted that it was not within his jurisdiction to prevent any lawmaker from gaining entrance into the state Assembly, stressing that it was only a competent court of law that has the powers to do so.

According to him, “It is unfortunate the way politics is being played and police under my watch will remain fair and apolitical. We are here to maintaine law and order.

“For now we have no right to deny anybody from assessing the house of Assembly except the competent court of law.”

Against the allegation that he deployed heavily armed police officers into the assembly to aide the five factional lawmakers, the commissioner explained that the only policemen inside the assembly complex during the crisis were the Divisional Police Officer DPO of the House of Assembly, his personnel and the policemen attached to the honourable house members.

He added that the policemen deployed were at the flash points and strategic places around the state assembly so as to prevent miscreants from gaining access into the assembly and cause more mayhem.