Ekiti election: Protests in Abia, Imo over Fayose, Eleka
took to the streets in protest claiming that the encounter between the
governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and the police was a
violation of Fayose's human right by the police.
In Imo, members of the party, led by the State Chairman, Charles
Ezekwem marched to the Police Headquarters in Owerri, where the State
Commissioner of Police, Dazuki Galadanchi, received their protest
letter addressed to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP.
The letter read, "We, the State Working Committee of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State and the entire Peoples Democratic
Party, Imo State observe with dismay the police brutality on the
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose.
"This violation of human rights is coming just two days to the
governorship election in Ekiti.
"We strongly condemn what is happening in Ekiti State. It was a sad
commentary to our democracy that Fayose came out on television and was
crying over brutality of police and the injuries he sustained from the
incident in Ekiti.
"We therefore plead that you use your good office to ensure that the
incident that took place in Ekiti does not repeat itself so as to
avoid total breakdown of law and order in Nigeria. The whole world is
watching Nigeria and it will be very bad if democracy fails in our
time."
In the same vein, the PDP in Abia State held a peaceful protest in
Umuahia, the state capital.
They alleged of police brutality against Governor Ayodele Fayose of
Ekiti State and his deputy, Prof. Olusola Eleka, who is the party's
governorship candidate for Saturday's election.
The Abia protesters were led by the State Chairman of the party, Chief
Johnson Onuigbo.
The party condemned the attack on the Ekiti politicians and urged that
caution be applied by the police.
The party leader also led a delegation of some party executive members
to the Abia State Police Commissioner to register their grievance and
gave him a copy of their protest letter.
Receiving them, the Police Commissioner, Anthony Ogbizi said "the
essence of the deployment of police personnel was to maintain peace
and order and not for any police man to interfere in the process."
He explained to them that the deployment of policemen was the
prerogative of the Inspector General Police in line with the relevant
sections of the constitution.
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