Ekiti Governor Elect, Ayo Fayose
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has called for the
immediate arrest and prosecution of Ekiti State Governor-
elect Ayodele Fayose for allegedly leading a band of thugs
to beat up a Judge and then initiate his supporters to attack
and burn down the opposition secretariat in the state.
In a statement issued by Lai Mohammed, APC’s National
Publicity Secretary today said since Fayose did not yet
enjoy any immunity from arrest and prosecution, he should
immediately be arrested.
According to APC, every time a judge had been attacked
anywhere in the world, the attackers have been jailed to
serve as a deterrent to others who may want to take the
laws into their hands.
The APC said it was necessary to act fast to prevent
anarchists and crude individuals from taking the laws into
their hands and tampering with the administration of justice,
because the attack on Justice John Adeyeye came a few
days after pro-Fayose and pro-PDP thugs invaded a court
room in the state.
“Even though Mr. Fayose has not assumed office, he has
succeeded in taking Ekiti State back to Egypt within a few
months of his ‘election’. Not only are Judges being
attacked, the kind of killings and chaos that characterised
his first time in charge of the state have already started. He
is struggling hard to ensure that Ekiti is no longer in the
league of states where disputes are settled in courts,
instead of on the streets, and judges preside in the
administration of justice,” the statement read in part.
APC commended the efforts of the Ekiti State Police
Commissioner Taiwo Lakanu in restoring order after the
judge had been beaten up but noted that the overall role of
the police in the two attacks was shameful.
“According to published reports which have yet to be
refuted, police personnel stood by while litigants, lawyers
and other citizens were being mauled by rabid PDP thugs in
the first attack, and again seemed powerless as Justice
Adeyeye was being manhandled and his suit torn until the
Police Commissioner arrived at the scene. If this is not an
act of collusion, then it is a case of unacceptable gross
incompetence for which those security agents must be
brought to book,” the party said.
”If the police are no longer willing and able to carry out their
constitutional duties of protecting the lives and property of
the citizenry, then anarchy looms,” the party warned.
It said Nigerians must brace for a hellish time in the hands
of the PDP from now on till next year’s general elections,
considering that the party’s thugs are also alleged to have
killed several people in Lagos recently after a PDP rally
attended by President Jonathan.
“How can elections be free, fair and transparent in a lawless
society? How can elections be credible when policemen are
taking sides with the ruling party? How can elections be
violence-free when candidates being put forward by the
ruling party are ready to engage in jungle justice? We can
only call on the international community to maintain a keen
interest in events in Nigeria in the days and weeks ahead,”
the party said.
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