Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose has warned the federal government that declaring a state of emergency will not work in Ekiti and Rivers State.
Speaking to State House Correspondents on the sidelines yesterday at the two day retreat on the economy organised by the National Economic Council, he condemned the militarization of the rerun elections in Rivers.
Asked specifically on the alleged plan to declare a state of emergency in Rivers and Ekiti, he said, “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. ”
“Like I said to some people yesterday, if we say Ekiti election nobody was slapped, nobody died, the person defeated congratulated the winner, do we now call this Rivers election Rivers of Bloodgate?
“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, the can call the president at will to deploy the military and its unfortunate that somebody would allow the military to kill his own people.
Governor Fayose in strong terms condemned the elections in Rivers and urged the present administration to sustain the legacy of transparent elections.
“For me in Ekiti, we learned from that and we are prepared. We prepare for election everyday and we are fully prepared.
On the detention of some Ekiti lawmakers he said, “and for the people detained in EFCC, it shows the rascality of the agency of government to the federal government to look away and allow innocent Nigerians’ rights to be taken away. I condemn it”.
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