With the recent happenings in Ekiti State, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Ekiti State Governor- elect Ayodele Fayose.
He is alleged to have led 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.
The National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed in a statement released in Lagos on Friday (yesterday) said since Fayose is yet to enjoy any immunity from arrest and prosecution, he should immediately be arrested.
According to the party, 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.
The APC said it was necessary to act fast to prevent anarchists and crude individuals from taking the laws into their hands and tampering with the administration of justice, 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.
“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 characterised 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 statement read in part.
Leave a Reply