SAN FRANCISCO, October 08, (THEWILL) – Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it has now been vindicated that the outgoing government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is bent on causing mayhem in the state and stall the inauguration of the Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, by Wednesday’s filing of a suit by those it described as the cronnies of the APC at an Abuja High Court.
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti by the State Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, the party noted that well-meaning Ekiti people and Nigerians should note that the APC and its allies were bent on fomenting trouble in the state. The party was referring to the suit no FHC/Abuja/ CS 709/14 between Young Democratic Party Vs INEC, Fayose, Others.
“The PDP has again been vindicated about our earlier alertness on the desperation of the ruling APC in Ekiti State to use the judiciary to truncate democracy in Nigeria as the party has now rushed to Abuja to file another exparte motion to stop the swearing in of the governor elect on the 16th October, 2014.”
“This is a confirmation of our earlier alarm and submission that the APC that gallantly lost the gubernatorial election on June 21st, 2014 were desperate to scuttle democracy in Ekiti State through the back door judicial process.”
“This new, strange and desperate step by the APC ruling government has clearly demonstrated that the APC is an unrepentant enemy of democracy, which is prepared to do anything and buy the judiciary.”
“Despite the fact that the E-11 suit is still pending and the election tribunal is also pending, the fundamental question is “why does APC have to jettison the two pending cases in Ekiti State and had to run to Abuja to file another suit still on the same matter?”
“It is our candid advice that some of our judges should not be willing tools in the hands of the political desperado. The judiciary is the last hope of the common man and should live up to expectation so that our nascent democracy would not be truncated.”
“It has never been in the Nigerian history that a popularly elected governor with overwhelming majority in a free and transparent election could be denied the swearing-in just because some people are desperate to cling on to power,” the PDP stated.
