Audacious Ekiti Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has said the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC wants the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
dead as its a virile opposition to its
obnoxious policies. The Governor said such a
development would not, however, be in the interest of the country and
Nigerians at large.
In a statement by the governor's Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu
Adelusi, the governor was quoted as saying that a virile opposition was a
vital ingredient for democracy and necessary to make democracy thrive.
Fayose, who could not attend the convention owing to the blockade of the
road leading to the Old Presidential Lodge of the Rivers State
government house where he was accommodated, said the condoning off of
the Sharks Stadium, Port Harcourt by the police on the orders of the
Inspector General of Police, had the input of the APC-led Federal
Government, saying the police only acted the script written by the
APC-led government.
"I witnessed what the police did early today in Port Harcourt, it is
most unfortunate. It has shown that we are indeed in a perilous time in
the country. The APC is desperate to kill opposition and silence others
because they are afraid that their inability to properly govern the
country and tackle the challenges facing us as a nation would be exposed
by a virile PDP.
"The Buhari government is dictatorial. There is tension everywhere. All
sectors are down and they are focusing on killing the opposition.
xxxWhat business has APC with PDP internal matters?
"If they said they wanted to act on court orders, why didn't they act on
more than four orders that were in favour of the Markafi group? They
don't have answers to the terrible situations in the country but they
know that an organised PDP will be embloden to challenge them," he said.
The governor wondered what would have happened if the PDP acted like the
APC and refused to hand over to the APC last year. Fayose said it was
unfortunate that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff had
turned himself to an instrument in the hands of APC leaders to
destablise the PDP.