Governor Ayodele Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti has accused the APC of plotting to implicate him in an alleged assassination try on the party’s candidate for the 2018 Ekiti governorship election, Kayode Fayemi.
As acknowledged by Fayose, a assembly was held in Isan-Ekiti, Fayemi’s hometown, the place a sure thug (identify withheld) was allegedly assigned to finishing up the plot.
He alleged that the party was planning to kill folks and dump their corpses in Fajuyi Park and in addition in homes belonging to some leaders of the PDP within the state.
Fayose’s allegation comes after a chieftain of the APC Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele and 5 others have been hit by gunshots fired by a policeman, the officer having supposedly been introduced in from Lagos by a politician who was on the rally.
Those injured are reported to be receiving remedy.
“This alarm has become necessary because of a meeting that was held yesterday, in Isan-Ekiti, the hometown of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the flag bearer of the APC in the July 14, 2018 governorship election,” the governor stated in an assertion on Sunday.
“They have employed one in style thug to kill one or two indigenes of Ekiti and dump their our bodies within the homes of PDP leaders, Fajuyi Park, in Ado Ekiti or close to the federal government home. This is a try and hyperlink me and my party with killings.
“This new plot is as a results of the failure of the plot to hyperlink me with the taking pictures of Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB) and others by a policeman on the APC secretariat on Friday.
“We take exception to this sinister plot as we is not going to be a party to a violent act. Ekiti has been peaceable within the final three and half years, we need to hold having fun with this peace and won't need it disrupted due to politics. Our ambition shouldn't be worthy of the blood of any Ekiti indigene.
“We, therefore, call on the police and other security agencies to be vigilant and Ekiti people to please be watchful. Your life and my life will not be used as sacrifice for this election.”