Governor of Ekiti Ayodele Fayose says the nation is on the brink of collapse as he accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the Ondo state election.
The governor said in a statement on Friday while speaking on the composition of a new panel by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to hear appeals over the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State.
He said, “No doubt, democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by the open collaboration of the APC-led Federal Government with the Independent National Electoral Commission; and only a God-fearing judiciary can save the situation from getting out of hand.
“In its desperation to distract the PDP and rig the Ondo State election in advance for the APC, INEC has chosen to abandon its own law by endorsing someone who did not emerge through any known electoral process as the candidate of the PDP, thereby plunging Ondo State into crisis.
“There is no doubt that all other political parties in Nigeria, except the APC, are now contesting elections against INEC. But like every affliction of the Israelites, this too will not endure forever.
“The new Appeal Panel must therefore do its job speedily and timely so that what remains of our democracy will not be destroyed.
“The panel should remember the biblical Solomonic judgment that saved that harlot and her child and must not allow enemies of democracy to use delay tactics to frustrate the case.”
He added, “We are at a critical junction in our history as a nation, noble men are becoming helpless daily and we need God to intervene through the judiciary.
“If the judiciary fails to rise to this perilous situation and save our democracy from the hands of the APC cabal, it will not survive the onslaught that will be brought on it sooner than later,” Fayose said.
