Thursday 1 November 2012

Police invite ACN, PDP leaders over Ekiti violence

The Police in Ekiti State have invited the chairmen of the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party following the violence reported in some parts of the state since Monday.
Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that Chief Jide Awe of the ACN and Mr. Makanjuola Ogundipe of the PDP were invited to the police headquarters in Ado-Ekiti by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sotonye Wakama.
The ACN chairman confirmed the invitation to our correspondent on the telephone.
Despite the invitation, crisis broke out in Ikere on Wednesday over the announcement that former Governor, Ayo Fayose, was going to hold a meeting in the town.
The Director General of Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation, Mr. Gboyega Oguntuase, told journalists in Afao-Ekiti on Wednesday that the ACN started attacking Fayose since the former governor was given waiver to seek elective office.
He said despite the protest in Ikere, Fayose still met with the people and he was well received.
Awe, who said those attacking Fayose could be some of those who he “harassed, maimed and oppressed when he was in power.”
The ACN chairman said, “Our party is not part of what happened to Fayose. The PDP is riddled with crisis currently, they have many factions so the attacks could be from those from other camps.
“Fayose himself is having irreconcilable differences with many people in the state. There are some of them who he dealt with while in office and who do not want to see his face. So he is the architect of his own problem, he should leave our party out of his problem.”

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