Ekiti State government has declared that the State Governor, Mr
Ayodele Fayose will not shield criminals as done by the All
Progressives Congress (APC) government of Dr Kayode Fayemi, describing
the party’s defence of arrested murder suspects in the State as a
demonstration of the APC’s support for the murder of innocent Ekiti
people.
Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka, who reacted to the APC claim that Governor
Fayose was turning opposition leaders in the State to murder suspects,
said; “The APC loudmouths should let the public know whether Fayose
was the governor when the former Chairman of Road Transport Employers
Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Rotimi Olanbiwonu (Mentilo) and others
were arrested and charged to court for alleged murder of Chief Adeleye
Awolumate in 2010.”
Olayinka said the APC was acting like a congregation of criminals that
will rise in defence of their fellow criminals.
He said; “We were in this State when a certain aide of the governor
was going about with guns and nobody could call in to order.
“We were in Ekiti when APC was in power between October 2010 and 2014
that innocent Ekiti people were murdered at will while the government
looked the other way.
“When Adeleye Awolumate was murdered on November 15, 2010, it was the
APC government that went to court to make ‘no case submission’ to set
free Mentilo and others arrested and charged to court by the police.
“It was the same APC government of Fayemi that frustrated the trial of
those arrested and charged to court on the murder of Foluso Ogundare,
who was killed in broad daylight in Emure Ekiti on November 3, 2013.
“It on record that the APC government then, played prominent roles in
securing bail for the party’s assembly member, Kehinde Boluwade and
eight others accused of killing Foluso Ogundare.
“The bad news for the APC people is that era of impunity is gone and
they should get that into their crime infested heads. They should tell
their State Chairman, Jide Awe, Deji Adesokan (Jaru) and others that
are hiding from arrest and prosecution that very soon, the long arms
of the law will catch up with them.
“Under Fayose, criminals will not be protected and those who were
responsible for the killings witnessed under the APC government will
not escape justice.”