A statement by the Director of Publicity of the party, Mr Segun Dipe, alleged that a special squad of top police officers, put together by the Presidency, had arrived the state from Abuja to put APC leaders out of circulation.
According to Dipe, the move was an outcome of a meeting held at the Ekute, Ado-Ekiti home of a chieftain of the party (name withheld) and a member of the Security Committee of the Fayose Campaign Organization.
Dipe added: “It follows last Sunday’s attack on Governor Kayode Fayemi and members of the APC, which led to the killing of an APC member, Taiwo Akinola, during a peaceful rally of the party in Ado-Ekiti. As a prelude, the Commissioner for Integration and Inter-governmental Affairs, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, a lawyer, was assaulted and whisked away to Abuja on a trumped-up charge of shooting Taiwo Akinola, while attempting to absolve the alleged culprit, OC Mopol Gabriel Selenkere.”
