Some aggrieved leaders of the Peoples
Democratic Party in Ekiti State have given President Goodluck Jonathan a
five-day ultimatum to intervene in the crisis rocking the party over
the emergence of former Governor Ayo Fayose and Senator Gbenga Aluko as
the governorship candidates of the party.
One of the leaders of the PDP in the
state, Chief Feyisayo Fajuyi, who led other party leaders to a press
conference in Ado Ekiti on Monday, called on the President to declare
null and void the primary election which produced Fayose.
Fajuyi said that the process which led
to the primary election of March 22 was fraught with irregularities
saying based on this, the election should be annulled.
Other
leaders who attended the press conference were: Chief Bankole Fayori
(Irepodun/Ifelodun), Oluwalana Ayobami (youth president), Chief Ajayi
(Ise/Orun), Mrs. Foluke Adetunji (Ekiti West), Mr. Akinola Adams
(Ijero-Ekiti) and Biodun Ajibadeola (Ikole-Ekiti).
While calling on the national leadership
of the party not to treat the issue with levity, Fajuyi said the
group might “take a decision that could be unpalatable to the party.”
She said, “We want the President to
intervene in this crisis. The primary election of March 22 was a fraud
because the ward congresses which led to it were openly rigged. Today
makes it the 16th day of our waiting for a redress. While waiting, some
leaders have been persuaded to abandon the truth.
“We as a group jointly and individually
dissociate ourselves from being part of moving on at the loomong peril
of failure at the coming governorship polls.
“The purported primaries itself was a
daylight rape on democracy, and it was widely dismissed as unacceptable
by the majority of the party’s stakeholders in Ekiti.”
Meanwhile, Ekiti State Police Command
has warned politicians against raising false alarm as the state prepares
for June 21 governorship election.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Felix Uyanna, said this while briefing journalists in Ado Ekiti on Monday.
The CP said that raising false alarm was capable of undermining the peace being enjoyed in the state.
Uyanna said that it was unfortunate that
some politicians had been raising the alarm that they were attacked
whereas nothing like that happened.
He also appealed to politicians to
always end their campaign latest by 6:pm in order not o give opportunity
to some criminals who might want to hide in the dark to cause mayhem.
The police boss stated that the command
had arrested some culprits who he said carried out some criminal acts
saying those found culpable after the investigation would be charged to
court.
source-Punch
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