Fayose berates Buhari over invasion of Kwakwanso’s house.
Fayose berates Buhari over invasion of Kwakwanso’s house.
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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