ELEVEN lawmakers who are sympathetic to Governor Ayodele
Fayose in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have said they can
no longer sleep in their homes due to alleged persistent threats
and intimidation by some policemen sent from police
headquarters in Abuja. In fact, as at now, they have temporarily
fled the state apparently for fear of being arrested for some
unfounded allegations by the policemen who they claimed were
led by one CSP Mohammed Abubakar. Though, the lawmakers
led by the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Segun Adewunmi said
emphatically that they would withstand anybody who tried to
prevent them from doing their legislative duties, as at yesterday,
they hinted that all the lawmakers had left the state.
Adewunmi said, “We assembled here and decided to leave Ekiti.
As at now, the governor cannot find any member of the House of
Assembly. As we are here talking, others are out of the state”.
The lawmakers who spoke with newsmen at the NUJ press
centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan alleged there was a clandestine move by
the All Progressives Congress led government to truncate
democracy in the state.
“No amount of intimidation, arrest, detention, harassment and
monetary inducement will make us dance to the tune of those
whose only interest is to truncate the Fayose-led government and
return to power through the backdoor. We have come here to
alert the public about the new clandestine plot of the All
Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to cripple
the government of Ekiti State. Yesterday, some policemen led by
one CSP Mohammed Abubakar of the Force CID, Abuja, were
brought to Ekiti State by the expelled former State Secretary of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr TKO Aluko and the Ekiti
State APC Chairman, Jide Awe”.
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