The Ekiti State Governor-elect,
Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday claimed he had uncovered a plot by the All
Progressives Congress, APC, to ensure that the Speaker of the state House of
Assembly becomes the next governor of the state instead of him, who defeated
their candidate in an election.
The governor-elect said this was the
primary reason a socio-political group, Ekiti-11, went to court to ensure that
it could achieve this through the back door. He made the claims at a press
conference in Lagos.
While explaining the circumstances
surrounding the attack on a judge in the state on Wednesday during a court
proceeding on the eligibility suit filed against him on Monday, Fayose said it
was through such a “dubious” court judgement that a former governor, Segun Oni,
was ousted, paving the way for Governor Kayode Fayemi of the APC in 2010.
In his words: “The whole scheming in Ekiti State is just
about the APC obtaining judgement through the back door after losing elections
on June 20, 2014. You will recall that Segun Oni’s tenure was truncated through
this back door judgement by some judicial officers who have been
compromised.
“They can go as far as losing their
career if and when politicians pay them well…
“The Ekiti people have spoken and they have spoken well. I
came back into the country on Tuesday night and I have been briefed on the
developments in the state. I want to state clearly that we will not allow any
back door judgement to stall my inauguration.
“Their target is to install the
Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who is an APC member, claiming
that Fayose is not qualified to contest. I want to state that the people of
Ekiti State are interested and they are equally more enlightened than before
where someone will just come and obtain a judgement through the back door to
stall a process and steal the people’s mandate.”
He said there was the need for the
judiciary in the state to be objective and fair, alleging that the judges in
the state had been compromised because some of them were members of the
Ekiti-11.
Fayose vowed that the alleged plan
of APC to ensure he is not sworn in on October 16 would not work.
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