Ahead of the July 14, 2018 governorship election, the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) has asked the people of Ekiti State to be at alert and hold
the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Kayode Fayemi
directly responsible should any harm happened to the state governor,
Chief Ayo Fayose, on the election day.
Fayemi had recently alluded to threats to life, arrests and continuous
harassment of Ekiti people by security forces when he threatened that
security sources would “cage” Fayose.
The PDP also charges the people of the state to take note of the threat
by Fayemi to practically cage Governor Fayose on election day, which is
a direct threat to his life and the peace of the state, particularly,
considering the popularity of Governor Fayose and the PDP among the
people.
Our investigations revealed that the statement by Fayemi that Governor
Fayose will not be allowed to move around on election day is not a
frivolous comment, but a product of a grand plot by agents of the APC
and the Federal Government to set up the governor and open him up for
harm.
The PDP is also privy of plots by Dr. Fayemi and the APC who, having
realized that they have no chance in the election, have now designed
plots to cause crises and engineer conspiracies to set up perceived
political opponents, including traditional rulers, labour unions,
religious leaders, interest groups and other stakeholders, with a view
to intimidating the people and subverting their will at the polls.
What Fayemi and his dysfunctional APC have failed to come to terms with
is that there is no way they can intimidate the people of Ekiti state to
submission. The people of Ekiti state have already made up their minds
to go along with the PDP and no amount of harassment by Fayemi can
change this resolve.
We, therefore, invite all to hold Fayemi responsible should there be any
breakdown of law and order or should any harm befall Governor Fayose,
any traditional ruler, religious leaders, members of labour unions or
any other individual of groups in the state in the course of the
election.
Finally, we also caution INEC and its observers to note the already
established resolve of the people of Ekiti state to be on the side of
the PDP, disentangle itself from the vicious web of the APC and ensure
only a free, fair and credible election, as the people will not in
anyway accept any results that do not reflect their wishes and
aspirations, as expressed at the ballot.