Three members of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, in Ijero area of Ekiti State who were pasting
campaign posters, were on Thursday apprehended by the police.
The men are John Monday, Ebenezer
Ogunleye and Tunbosun Adeluyi.
However, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, the Ekiti
State Police Public Relations Officer, affirmed that the men were apprehended
for allegedly destroying campaign posters belonging to a certain political
party.
Adeyemi noted, “Three persons were
arrested for tearing campaign posters of political parties in Ijero Ekiti. They
confessed to this during interrogation. Investigation is still ongoing.”
There was a serious uproar in Ijero
as a result of the arrest as members of APC were seen accusing the People’s
Democratic Party of being the brain behind the incident.
A member of the House of
Representatives, Oyetunde Ojo, while Reacting to the incident, condemned the
arrest saying the ruling party cracked down on opposition members by using
security agents.
The Reps member called on Governor
Ayodele Fayose to have regards for the peace deal that was signed by all
political parties ahead of the general election.
Ojo said, “People don’t learn from
history, we have all decided to sign peace accord and I want to advise the
governor in his own interest to stop harassing our party members.
“Our party is interested in free and
fair election and we are not party to any violence but we won’t tolerate the
harassment of our members by agents of the ruling party.
“The more arrests of our party
members they make the more sympathy the APC enjoys in the state. When people
that are pasting posters peacefully are arrested, that is unacceptable.
“They sent thugs this morning to
cause confusion at the place of our rally. I want to say without any fear of
contradiction that let everybody, Party A, Party B, Party C and Party D respect
the peace accord we have all signed.
“Some people think they are bigger than the
country and there is no way you can be bigger than your country,” he affirmed.
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