‘We can’t sleep in our homes’ – Ekiti lawmakers cry out

Eleven members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who are loyalists of the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, have cried out that they cannot sleep in their homes again due to threats and intimidation from police officials.

The lawmakers, led by the Deputy Speaker, Segun Adewunmi, stated this while speaking with newsmen at the NUJ press centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan.

They alleged that some of them had fled from the state out of fear of being arrested by the police on trumped up charges.

The lawmakers claim that the policemen were sent from the police headquarters in Abuja.

They also stated that they will stand against anyone that tries to stop them from performing their legislative functions.

“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,” said Adewunmi, the Deputy speaker.

They further said that the All Progressives Congress led federal government was trying to destroy democracy in Ekiti 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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