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 instigating his supporters to attack and burn down the opposition secretariat in the state.
In a statement in Lagos, Friday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said since Mr. Fayose does not yet enjoy any immunity from arrest and prosecution, he should immediately be arrested over the dastardly and barbaric attack, which represents an attack on justice and on the rule of law, and the violence that has gripped the state.
It said 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.
APC said it is particularly necessary to act fast to prevent anarchists and crude individuals from taking the laws into their hands and tampering with the administration of justice, especially 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 state and beat up litigants, among others.
”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 characterized 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 disgusting attacks on the administration of justice in Ekiti has shown the truism in the aphorism ‘show me your friends and I will tell you who you are’. Nigerians now know the company the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan keep and what the party and the President truly are. The Fayose that is leading thugs to attack a Judge in Ekiti is the same man that President Goodluck Jonathan, as the leader of the PDP, heartily campaigned for. He is the same man who has called himself the overall leader of the PDP in the South-west. He is the same man who has gone on television to justify the court attack. Indeed, a leopard really cannot change its spots,” it said.
APC said while Ekiti State Police Commissioner Taiwo Lakanu did well by rushing to the venue to help restore order after the Judge had been beaten up Thursday, 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.
”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 up 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.
”During his recent trip to New York, President Jonathan assured the international community that next year’s elections will be conducted in accordance with global best practices. Well, it is now clear that the President’s assurances are not worth the paper on which they were written, going by the actions of his party members. Global best practices do not include beating up Judges, lawyers and litigants! Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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WELCOME BACKFLIP, THE THUG HIMSELF. EKITI KETE, GET READY FOR A TERM OF UNBELIEVABLE CRISIS. DONT PEOPLE CHANGE. IFAYOSE, IFAYOSE, IFAYOSE.
ReplyDeleteThe shameful situation we are witnessing in Ekiti is the result of corruption in the judiciary. We are witnesses to how judges (Salami & Co) were bribed especially in the south west by the then ACN to install governors in some states and people do no longer trust them to deliver impartial judgements.
ReplyDeleteAnybody blaming Fayose for the crisis in Ekiti should have a rethink and ask for forgiveness. Fayemi (the silent killer) days are numbered in Ekiti as governor. A greedy politician.
ReplyDeleteFayose does not have any good to offer Ekiti state people... Fayose is a thug...and is going to rule on that basis..
ReplyDeleteI said it when Ifayose was declared the winner of that Ekiti "free and fair election". I repeat, Ekiti people will tell the rest of Nigerian their experience in the next one year. We keep our fingers crossed.
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