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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