The All Progressives Congress (APC)
has raised the alarm that its Governors are being prevented by security
agencies apparently acting on ”orders from above” from travelling to Ado-Ekiti
for the party’s final campaign on Friday for the Ekiti State Governorship
election on Friday.
In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti
on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party
said at least three Governors – Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, Rotimi Amaechi of
Rivers and Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano – have so far been prevented from making
the trip
It said the helicopter that was to
ferry Gov. Oshiomhole from Benin to Ado-Ekiti was refused permission to take
off from the Benin Airport, while the plane that was flying Gov. Kwankwanso to
Akure was denied permission to land.
According to the APC, while the
plane carrying Gov. Amaechi actually landed in Akure, his convoy was stopped at
the border between Ondo and Ekiti States and ordered to turn back, because he
would not be allowed to reach Ado-Ekiti.
The party said while Gov. Amaechi’s
convoy was being detained in order to force him to turn back, the convoys of
the Ministers of Defence and Police Affairs came and were allowed to pass.
”These acts are illegal and
definitely not in line with the Electoral Act, which stipulates that campaign
for the election will only end at midnight on Friday.
”It also represents a manipulation
of the electoral process when all the candidates will not be allowed a level
playing field to campaign for the election. There is no clearer manifestation
of the federal government’s allergy to free, fair, transparent and
violence-free election than this,” the party said.
It condemned in the strongest terms
the abuse of national institutions and the abuse of power which these actions
represent, especially because only the Federal Government has control over
these institutions, including the security agencies that have now become a
tool in the hands of an increasingly-desperate government of the day.
tool in the hands of an increasingly-desperate government of the day.
”Several months ago, we warned that
Nigeria under the watch of President Goodluck Jonathan was sliding into fascism
and we were pilloried in certain quarters for daring to make such a statement.
Today, we have sadly been
vindicated.
”Not even in the worst days of the
abhorrent military dictatorship were things done this brazenly, with citizens
being denied their fundamental rights of free movement, free assembly and free
expression, all because of the desperation by the ruling party to win elections
at all costs.
”We therefore call on all good
people of Nigeria and indeed all the country’s international friends to speak
out against what is happening before things get out of hand. If
democratically-elected Governors could be so shabbily treated, despite the high
office they occupy, what will happen to ordinary Nigerians in the hands of an
increasingly-fascist government?” APC queried
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