The aggrieved 19 Ekiti State House of Assembly lawmakers, from the All Progressives Congress (APC), today raised the alarm, that governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose is putting everything in place to attack them ahead of the April 11 Governorship and House of Assembly elections.Specifically, impeached Speaker of the state assembly, Adewale Omirin, argued that there fears were based on information from Government House sources, which had given a hint of the plot to attack them.
The sacked Speaker in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, maintained that the leaked report had already gone viral on social media.
Omirin added that he would have disregarded the information if not for a similar experience they had shortly after the governor assumed office.
Omirin said, "Our fear is not without foundation following similar experience we had when gunmen in black jeeps were visiting our homes at nights to attack us.
"Shortly before that, our party petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, and National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, calling their attention to special request by Governor Fayose to the Police authorities to post back to Ekiti some of the policemen the governor used to attack his opponents between 2003 and 2006.
"Unfortunately, our petition was not treated. As a result, gunmen in unmarked black jeeps started visiting the homes of APC lawmakers at nights issuing threats to APC leaders and Assembly members.
"We can no longer take our security lightly as the governor has been boasting around that he would do anything to win all the 16 seats in the House of Assembly in the coming election."
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