Fayose condemns police invasion of Kwakwanso's house

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the Tuesday's

invasion and seal off of the residence of former Kano State Governor,

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso by armed policemen to prevent a mass wedding

programme, reiterating his earlier warning that the All Progressives

Congress (APC) and its supporters have built dictatorship round

President Muhammadu Buhari by not joining other Nigerians to condemn

his undemocratic acts.
The governor, who said he was more concerned about the rape of

democracy and the rule law under the APC government of President

Buhari, added that; “The fact that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso is of the

ruling APC should worry well-meaning Nigerians because it appears no

one will be spared by this anti-democracy agents that have taking over

Nigeria.”
In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, by the Special

Assistant to governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere

Olayinka, Governor Fayose wondered where it was written in the laws of

Nigeria that Nigerians must obtain Police permit to hold wedding

ceremony or even to assemble in private residence.
The statement read; “When they invaded the Akwa Ibom State Government

House with armed men of the Department of State Security (DSS), I

raised 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 the President Buhari's government emerging

dictatorship, many of our friends in the APC opted to keep silent.

Some even hailed the Department of State Security (DSS) when the

service 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 Party (PDP) 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 ardent lover of democracy and rule of law,

I have elected to once again condemn the yesterday's armed policemen

invasion and seal 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 Kwankwaso, 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 and

men of good conscience should prevail on President Buhari to caution

the security agencies to be mindful of foisting tyranny on Nigerians.”