Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose
The
19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly
have raised the alarm over alleged plan by Governor Ayodele Fayose to
attack them ahead of the April 11 governorship election.
The embattled Speaker, Dr. Adewale
Omirin, said the lawmakers’ fears were based on information from
Government House sources, hinting on a plot to attack them.
Omirin, in a statement by his Special
Adviser on Media, Mr. Wole Olujobi, said the leaked report had already
gone viral on social media, adding that he would have disregarded the
information if not for a similar experience they had shortly after the
governor assumed office.
The statement said, “Our fear is not
without foundation following similar experience we had when gunmen in
black sport utility vehicles were visiting our homes at nights to attack
us.
“Shortly before that, our party
petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, and the
National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (retd), calling their
attention to special request by Governor Fayose to the police
authorities to redeploy to Ekiti some of the policemen the governor used
to attack his opponents between 2003 and 2006.
“Unfortunately, our petition was not
treated. As a result, gunmen in unmarked black sport utility vehicles
started visiting the homes of APC lawmakers at nights issuing threats to
APC leaders and Assembly members.”
Reacting, Fayose’s Chief Press
Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in a statement said the allegation was another
“propaganda” and “falsehood” by the APC.
He said, “We have always reminded the
people that the Ekiti APC has no job outside propaganda and fabricating
falsehood. The allegation that Fayose is planning attack on them ahead
of the election is another of such lies.
“They will organise attack and later
claimed the PDP attacked them. Ekiti people already know them as liars
and nobody takes them seriously. They are essentially trouble makers who
do not want Ekiti to have peace and that informed their invasion of the
State House of Assembly last Wednesday to cause crisis.”
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