The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has described the alarm raised by the House of Assembly on the Military Panel report as “a stunt by Governor Ayo Fayose to escape justice”.
The party also described the Assembly’s emergency sitting on Tuesday as an old gimmick by the governor to execute a predetermined plan.
The lawmakers condemned the report of the Military Panel that investigated the conduct of soldiers during the June 21, 2014 governorship election.
They alleged that they had uncovered a plot by the Federal Government to assassinate Fayose, if moves to remove him from power fail.
The lawmakers said President Muhammadu Buhari should be held responsible if anything sinister happens to the governor.
But in a statement yesterday by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the APC urged Nigerians not to be misled by Fayose’s subterfuge.
Olatunbosun called on the Department of State Services (DSS), the police and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to put Fayose and his men under surveillance.
The party spokesman maintained that Fayose should be held responsible for any case of assassination, kidnapping, arson or any form of attack on prominent opposition figures in the state henceforth.
“Just last year during the House of Assembly crisis, his media aide raised an alarm that APC members were planning to invade the Assembly and burn it down while in actual fact, it was Fayose who imported thugs from Ibadan in 12 vehicles to attack the Assembly to prevent the 19 APC lawmakers from sitting.
“Last week, Fayose drew attention to himself claiming that two men purportedly from the DSS came to him with a fake report of the army panel probing Ekitigate and ordered their arrest.
“Those who know Fayose well knows that he clothed the men and orchestrated the whole scenario to draw public sympathy. Where are the arrested men now and why is Fayose not interested in their prosecution? Creating make- believe scene is one of the governor’s old tricks but this is outdated as Ekiti people are wiser.
“We are aware that Fayose desperately needs international support to get away with his crimes.
“This cheap blackmail has failed because the international community has since retraced its steps after listening to Fayose and his gang planning the subversion of the constitution,” he said.
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