No to State of Emergency in Rivers, Ekiti states - Fayose
Tue Mar 22, 2016 09:01:am Politics
7.5K By sosa hills
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, monday warned against declaring a state of emergency in both his state and Rivers, saying that emergency rule would not work in both states.
The governor spoke against the background of reports that some federal lawmakers met with President Buhari to discuss the issue and also the invasion of Ekiti House of Assembly by federal security agents who have detained one of the lawmakers.
Addressing journalists on the sidelines of the National Economic Council (NEC) retreat in Abuja, Fayose argued that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had always won rerun polls ordered by the courts, so what happened in Rivers State over the weekend was just an ego trip by persons believed to possess federal might.
"They have been insinuating that too in Ekiti. We have been waiting for them. Power has gone beyond the leaders, power has gone back to the people. "There are certain things leaders will do today, you will eat it tomorrow. "You want to declare state of emergency, declare it and we will tell you that the state of emergency will not work too. This country belongs to all of us."
The governor also condemned the election in its entirety, calling for transparency. He also expressed displeasure over the detention of Ekiti State Lawmaker by the Department of State Security, DSS.
"I want to condemn the election in Rivers State. I want to condemn the militarization. "Like I said to some people yesterday, if in Ekiti election nobody was slapped, nobody died, the person defeated congratulated the winner, do we now call this Rivers election Rivers of Blood? "Because for a peaceful election in Ekiti and this in Rivers, the military has got no business in our election.
"Now, I want to say that if you watch the trend, PDP has always won all the elections after the annulment, which means what happened in Rivers is just a service of ego of some individuals who believe they have Nigeria in their pockets. They can call the president at will to deploy the military and it's unfortunate that somebody would allow the military to kill his own people.
"I strongly condemn the elections in Rivers and charge that we sustain the legacy of transparent elections. "For me in Ekiti, we learned from that and we are prepared. We prepare for elections everyday and we are fully prepared.
The governor spoke against the background of reports that some federal lawmakers met with President Buhari to discuss the issue and also the invasion of Ekiti House of Assembly by federal security agents who have detained one of the lawmakers.
Addressing journalists on the sidelines of the National Economic Council (NEC) retreat in Abuja, Fayose argued that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had always won rerun polls ordered by the courts, so what happened in Rivers State over the weekend was just an ego trip by persons believed to possess federal might.
"They have been insinuating that too in Ekiti. We have been waiting for them. Power has gone beyond the leaders, power has gone back to the people. "There are certain things leaders will do today, you will eat it tomorrow. "You want to declare state of emergency, declare it and we will tell you that the state of emergency will not work too. This country belongs to all of us."
The governor also condemned the election in its entirety, calling for transparency. He also expressed displeasure over the detention of Ekiti State Lawmaker by the Department of State Security, DSS.
"I want to condemn the election in Rivers State. I want to condemn the militarization. "Like I said to some people yesterday, if in Ekiti election nobody was slapped, nobody died, the person defeated congratulated the winner, do we now call this Rivers election Rivers of Blood? "Because for a peaceful election in Ekiti and this in Rivers, the military has got no business in our election.
"Now, I want to say that if you watch the trend, PDP has always won all the elections after the annulment, which means what happened in Rivers is just a service of ego of some individuals who believe they have Nigeria in their pockets. They can call the president at will to deploy the military and it's unfortunate that somebody would allow the military to kill his own people.
"I strongly condemn the elections in Rivers and charge that we sustain the legacy of transparent elections. "For me in Ekiti, we learned from that and we are prepared. We prepare for elections everyday and we are fully prepared.
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