Fayose to ‘resist’ impending arrest of 11 lawmakers, 32 PDP leaders, others

The Ekiti state government on Tuesday, alleged that armed policemen from Abuja have arrived the state to begin the arrest of top government officials, 11 members of the State House of Assembly and 2 Peoples Democratic Party leaders from each of the 16 local governments of the state.

According to Governor Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the PDP members and government officials are to be arrested under the allegation of stockpiling arms during the June 21, 2014 governorship election.

CSP Mohammed Abubakar of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Abuja, was said to have led the policemen to Ekiti.

The state governor’s spokesperson further noted that the arrests, which were to begin on Tuesday night, is part of the plot to impeach Governor Fayose.

“We are aware of the arrival of policemen from Abuja to Ekiti State with the intention of arresting 11 members of the House of Assembly, two PDP leaders per local government and some other top officials of the government.”

“Ridiculously, the offense for which the policemen are to embark on this indiscriminate arrest is owing to TKO Aluko malicious outburst that those listed for arrest stockpiled arms during the governorship election conducted in Ekiti close to two years ago.”

“This plot is in furtherance of the APC plot to destabilize the government of Ekiti State just because of Governor Fayose’s hard stance on President Muhammadu Buhari’s APC government policies.”

“The question is, what was the arms they claimed were stockpiled used for? Was anyone killed or attacked during the election?

“And why is the Police not arresting the APC Chairman, Jide Awe who is wanted for alleged murder and TKO Aluko, who was declared wanted by the court for perjury, and instead providing security cover for them?

“We therefore wish to alert Nigerians on this new plot and state that Ekiti people will resist any attempt to use the Police to harass innocent citizens of the State. Democratically, we are entitled to our views on any issue in Nigeria and we won’t succumb to intimidation and harassment from any agency of the Federal government.”

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