A member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr. Afolabi Akanni, has debunked the rumour making the rounds in his state that he has died.
Akanni, who represents Efon-Alaaye State Constituency in the state House of Assembly, spoke briefly with journalists at the premises of the national headquarters of the Department of State Security in Abuja on Thursday.
It was gathered that Akanni was arrested by the operatives of the Service over sundry allegations.
He was said to be answering questions on issues bordering on the originality of secondary school certificate, the blockage of Efon Alaaye-Itawure Road which led to the death of one Modupe Karimu, aka Eleyele during an alleged attempt to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose by the state lawmakers.
Before the last general election, members of the All Progressive Congress dominated the State House of Assembly.
On Thursday, Akanni spoke briefly after a representative of DSS, Mr. Abdullahi Garuba spoke with journalists.
Akanni, who has been in detention for about two weeks, however said he was sick.
“I’m not dead. I’m alive, but I’m sick. I have malaria. I have done a test,” he stated.
There was however a mild drama when Akanni was asked to walk up to the podium and speak with journalists.
Akanni, who had earlier walked in with an operatives unaided, refused to stand up from his seat.
He refused every persuasion from the journalists and the operatives on the need for him to speak with the journalists.
“I’m thirsty. I’m not feeling fine. I don’t know why I’m here,” he stated.
Speaking earlier, Garuba said that Akanni was duly invited by the Service over “some breaches bordering on state security and for which he has some explanations to make.”
He said those breaches “fall under the purview of the DSS to investigate.”
Garuba added that the briefing became necessary in order to debunk a rumour, which he said was being dangerously spread in Ekiti State that Akanni had died in the custody of the operatives.
“Nigerians and Ekiti people in particular are convinced to see that Afolabi is hale and hearty as he is being presented to the press today,” he added.
Garuba warned those he said were planning to make meat out of this false alarm to desist from it and stir clear from trouble. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Let the bought over Ekiti house members continue to make fool of themselves by dancing naked in other to make Fayose happy at the end the guilty ones will be jailed and Fayose will not be there to save them because he cannot even safe himself
ReplyDeleteI've said it earlier that the death rumor was another gimmick by Fayose's loyalists. Their intention was to create rancor in Ekiti State.
ReplyDeletewhere is media man of Fayose to clarify this information he released before with the leader of the house
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