PDP alleges plot by EFCC to detain Fayose indefinitely

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the presidency has directed the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) to detain indefinitely the outgoing governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose.

In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said information at the party’s disposal indicates that the presidency has put the commission on alert to arrest the governor at midnight and detain him indefinitely.

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The alleged directive by the presidency is not unconnected with the plot to use the EFCC and other security agencies to incarcerate the governor owing to his persistent criticism of the president Muhammadu Buhari led APC government.

It alleged that armed men of the EFCC would surround the governor’s residence at midnight on the pretense that they have information of his plot to escape.

The PDP said this is aimed at humiliating the governor and portray him in bad light to the public by dramatizing his arrest. 

“The EFCC even unprofessionally showed their bias in deriding the governor and making light of a very serious matter by mocking him and asking him to come before his tenure elapsed, which the governor declined in line with the constitutional immunity.

It is now beyond dispute that his Excellency Gov. Fayose is not a scoundrel running away from justice. Whatever EFCC, APC, and the presidency spin-doctors may say, it is also clear to everyone that Fayose is not a coward; neither is he afraid of the EFCC.

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Fayose is prepared and ready to defend himself in the court of law. Neither the presidency nor EFCC is a court of law. Since the EFCC said it had dusted up Fayose files, it should be ready to take him to court once he presents him at the agency’s office on Tuesday.”

The PDP condemned this resort to fascism by the APC government, saying the whole world should be at alert to see another demonstration of crude disrespect for the rule of law and rights of Nigerians.