Fayose condemns Faleke, Audu’s arrest by DSS, says “Nigeria now under full-blown dictatorship”
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the yesterday’sarrest and detention of the Kogi State Deputy Governor-Elect, HonJames Abiodun Faleke and Mr Mohammed Audu, son of the late formerGovernor of Kogi State and All Progressives Congress (APC)governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu, as a confirmation of hisprediction that penchant for dictatorship will rise this year withrampant disobedience human rights abuses by the APC government ofPresident Mohammadu Buhari.
The governor said even though Faleke and Audu were released very lateon Saturday by men of the Department of State Security (DSS),Nigerians should by the arrest brace up for a full-blown dictatorship.In a statement issued on Sunday, by his Special Assistant on PublicCommunications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said “itis now clear that Nigerians can no longer hold opinion different fromthat of President Buhari and his faction of the APC and this shouldworry lovers of democracy in the country.”
He said arresting and humiliating Faleke and Audu by the DSS, justbecause they choose to pursue their rights within the ambit of the lawwas a dangerous trend that all Nigerians, irrespective of politicalparty affiliation must condemn.
Governor Fayose said; “They started with Senate President, BukolaSaraki; later, the DSS invaded the Akwa-Ibom State Government Houseand those who should speak out kept silent because of politics.“The DSS moved against the former National Security Adviser (NSA), ColSambo Dasuki, invading his residences in a commando liked manner andwhen he got order from the court for the DSS to vacate his house, theorder was ignored.
Up till today, Dasuki is still in detention despitethat he was granted bail by the court and he met the bail conditions.“When all these happened to Dasuki, many of those who should talk,especially our so-called human rights activists kept silent because ofpolitics.“Now that it happened to Faleke and Audu, members of PresidentBuhari’s party who are not on the same page with him on the Kogi Stateelection, should we also keep silent because it is APC affairs?Definitely no!
“We are not going to keep silent because we are not in this to protectthe interest of any political interest. Rather, our concern is thesurvival of democracy, which is obviously being threatened by theforces that have turned the DSS to their agent of politicalvictimisation.“Most importantly, Nigerians should know that tyranny does not knowpolitical boundary.
The moment tyranny becomes full-blown, it does noteven know its own family members. The only concern is its selfishinterests and anyone that is against those interests must be pull downor whip to line.”
But to my view, Fayose is only making a hell of noise cause I see he is sounding like a man who finds it hard to read a book or learn how to decode things
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