Fayose condemns police invasion of Kwakwanso’s house
(Nigeria) Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the Tuesday’s invasion and seal off of the residence of former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso by armed policemen to prevent a mass wedding programme, reiterating his earlier warning that the All Progressives Congress, APC and its supporters have built dictatorship round President Muhammadu Buhari by not joining other Nigerians to condemn his undemocratic acts.
The governor, who said he was more concerned about the rape
of democracy and the rule law under the APC government of President Buhari,
added that; “The fact that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso is of the ruling APC should
worry well-meaning Nigerians because it appears no one will be spared by this
anti-democracy agents that have taking over Nigeria.”
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, by the Special Assistant
to governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor
Fayose wondered where it was written in the laws of Nigeria that Nigerians must
obtain Police permit to hold wedding ceremony or even to assemble in private
residence.
He said, “When they invaded the Akwa Ibom State
Government House with armed men of the Department of State Security, DSS, I raised
alarm then and I did warn that Nigeria was being returned to 1984 when
President Buhari ruled the country like a maximum ruler.
“When I said
Nigerians irrespective of their political parties should rise in condemnation
of the President Buhari’s government emerging dictatorship, many of our friends
in the APC opted to keep silent. Some even hailed DSS, when the
service invaded the Ekiti State House of Assembly and
abducted a member of the House.
“Last week Wednesday, when the police sealed off the venue
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Convention in Port-Harcourt and
blocked the road leading to the Old Presidential Lodge of the Rivers State
Government House where I and other PDP leaders were accommodated, our friends
in the APC kept silent. Some even hailed the police.
“However, as a Nigerian and ardent lover of democracy and
rule of law, I have elected to once again condemn the yesterday’s armed
policemen invasion and seal off of the private residence of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso
and I hope that this time around, our friends in the APC will realise that no
one will be spared by the time this emerging dictatorship reaches its peak.
“Nigerians should realise that with the bullying of
Kwankwaso, a two term governor, former minister of defence and serving senator,
it is now very clear that the APC government will even be intolerant of opposition
within the party, not to talk of external opposition and men of good conscience
should prevail on President Buhari to caution the security agencies to be
mindful of foisting tyranny on Nigerians.”
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