Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says he is waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Ekiti and Rivers states as being rumoured.
Several Ekiti lawmakers are currently being detained by
the Department of State Services (DSS) allegedly to force
them to impeach Fayose.
Meanwhile, the rerun legislative elections in Rivers state
were marred with violence, leading to several deaths and
the arrest of the secretary to the state government,
Kenneth Kobani, by the army.
Fayose spoke to the media on Monday after the opening
of the National Economic Council (NEC) retreat on the
economy at the presidential villa, Abuja.
He said: “They have been insinuating that (state of
emergency) too in Ekiti. We have been waiting for them.
Power has gone beyond the leaders, power has gone
back to the people.
“There are certain things leaders will do today, you will
eat it tomorrow.
“You want to declare state of emergency, declare it and
we will tell you that the state of emergency will not work
too. This country belongs to all of us.”
He described the Rivers situation as “a service of ego” of
some individuals who believe they have control on the
federal government.
“I want to condemn the election in Rivers state. I want to
condemn the militarisation,” he said.
“Like I said to some people yesterday, if say Ekiti election
nobody was slapped, nobody died, the person defeated
congratulated the winner, do we now call this Rivers
election Rivers of Bloodgate?
“Because for a peaceful election in Ekiti and this in
Rivers, the military has got no business in our election.
“Now, I want to say that if you watch the trend, PDP has
always won all the elections after the annulment. Which
means what happened in Rivers is just a service of ego of
some individuals who believe they have Nigeria in their
pockets, they can call the president at will to deploy the
military and it is unfortunate that somebody would allow
the military to kill his own people.
“I strongly condemn the elections in Rivers and charge
that we sustain the legacy of transparent elections.
“For me in Ekiti, we learned from that and we are
prepared. We prepare for election everyday and we are
fully prepared.”
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