Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose,
has condemned Tuesday’s invasion and sealing off of the residence of a
former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, by armed policemen.
In a statement by his Special Assistant
on Public Communication and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, on Wednesday,
Fayose said the former governor’s residence was sealed off in order to
prevent a mass wedding from taking place.
He alleged that the leadership of the
All Progressives Congress and its supporters had turned President
Muhammadu Buhari into a dictator by keeping silent in the face of
perceived undemocratic acts.
Fayose said, “The fact that Senator
Rabiu Kwakwanso is of the ruling APC should worry well-meaning Nigerians
because it appears no one will be spared by these anti-democracy agents
that have taking over Nigeria.”
Explaining that the invasion of
Kwakwanso’s house amounted to an infringement on the right of
association, the governor said there was no law in the constitution
stipulating Nigerians to obtain a police permit before holding a
wedding.
He added, “When they invaded the Akwa
Ibom State Government House with armed men of the Department of State
Services, I raised the alarm then and I did warn that Nigeria was being
returned to 1984 when President Buhari ruled the country like a maximum
ruler.
“When I said Nigerians, irrespective of
their political parties, should rise in condemnation of President
Buhari’s emerging dictatorship, many of our friends in the APC opted to
keep silent.
“Some even hailed the DSS when it invaded the Ekiti State House of Assembly and abducted a member of the House.
“Last week Wednesday, when the police
sealed off the venue of the Peoples Democratic’s Party National
Convention in Port Harcourt and blocked the road leading to the Old
Presidential Lodge of the Rivers State Government House where I and
other PDP leaders were accommodated, our friends in the APC kept silent.
Some even hailed the police.
“However, as a Nigerian and an ardent
lover of democracy and the rule of law, I have elected to, once again,
condemn yesterday’s armed policemen’s invasion and sealing off of the
private residence of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and I hope that this time
around, our friends in the APC will realise that no one will be spared
by the time this emerging dictatorship reaches its peak.
“Nigerians should realise that with the
bullying of Kwakwanso, a two-term governor, former minister of defence
and serving senator, it is now very clear that the APC government will
even be intolerant of opposition within the party, not to talk of
external opposition. Men of good conscience should prevail on President
Buhari to caution the security agencies to be mindful of foisting a
tyranny on Nigerians.”
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