Fayose Reacts To Lamido's Arrest, Warns APC Against Intimidating Presidential Aspirants
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has reacted to the arrest and continued detention of former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, warning the All Progressives Congress, APC, government to desist from what he described as a move to harass and intimidate people perceived as having presidential ambition in 2019.
Fayose , who also called on the international community and the media to save democracy in Nigeria from being truncated by the APC cabal's desperation to hold on to power by whatever means, added that; “It appears that the cabal in the APC led government that is holding Nigerians to ransom want their candidate to contest the 2019 election unopposed. Obviously, that is the reason for the arrest and detention of former Governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu and Alhaji Lamido, who have shown interest in the presidency.”
The governor made this known in In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti yesterday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he described the police for Sule Lamido's arrest and detention as childish and ridiculous, saying; “If a former governor is arrested and incarcerated for what they called incitement, what should the police have done to those herdsmen that have killed thousands of Nigerians across the country?”
He noted that; “With the arrest of Alhaji Lamido, the detention of former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan since February this year and the arrest and detention of Dr Babangida Aliyu, it is becoming clearer that these APC people will only contest election against themselves in 2019.
"It will even be unnecessary to continue to fund the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, since they don't want anyone to contest the 2019 presidential election against their party. The APC cabal can as well proscribe INEC and declare their party the perpetual ruler of Nigeria instead of wasting money on conduct of elections.”
While stating that Lamido's arrest is the height of power drunkenness, Fayose added; “That the police claimed Alhaji Lamido was arrested for allegedly inciting his supporters to go violent if the results of the local government elections fixed for July 1, 2017 is to say the least irresponsible and ludicrous.
“How can you arrest someone in April because of an election slated for July and keep the person in detention for the past 24 hours? Is it not even laughable that the APC government in Jigawa State is so afraid of allowing the people the freedom to participate in an election to be conducted by the state government itself such that it opted for the arrest and detention of a former governor of the state more than two months to the elections?”
Fayose , who also called on the international community and the media to save democracy in Nigeria from being truncated by the APC cabal's desperation to hold on to power by whatever means, added that; “It appears that the cabal in the APC led government that is holding Nigerians to ransom want their candidate to contest the 2019 election unopposed. Obviously, that is the reason for the arrest and detention of former Governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu and Alhaji Lamido, who have shown interest in the presidency.”
The governor made this known in In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti yesterday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he described the police for Sule Lamido's arrest and detention as childish and ridiculous, saying; “If a former governor is arrested and incarcerated for what they called incitement, what should the police have done to those herdsmen that have killed thousands of Nigerians across the country?”
He noted that; “With the arrest of Alhaji Lamido, the detention of former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan since February this year and the arrest and detention of Dr Babangida Aliyu, it is becoming clearer that these APC people will only contest election against themselves in 2019.
"It will even be unnecessary to continue to fund the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, since they don't want anyone to contest the 2019 presidential election against their party. The APC cabal can as well proscribe INEC and declare their party the perpetual ruler of Nigeria instead of wasting money on conduct of elections.”
While stating that Lamido's arrest is the height of power drunkenness, Fayose added; “That the police claimed Alhaji Lamido was arrested for allegedly inciting his supporters to go violent if the results of the local government elections fixed for July 1, 2017 is to say the least irresponsible and ludicrous.
“How can you arrest someone in April because of an election slated for July and keep the person in detention for the past 24 hours? Is it not even laughable that the APC government in Jigawa State is so afraid of allowing the people the freedom to participate in an election to be conducted by the state government itself such that it opted for the arrest and detention of a former governor of the state more than two months to the elections?”
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