Ekiti State ACN Chairman Escapes Death!

Nigeria in Ekiti State, Chief Jide Awe, on Tuesday escaped being killed by persons, who invaded the state secretariat along Ajilosun Street, Ado-Ekiti.

Our correspondent gathered that the chairman, who was in his office, was manhandled.

The chairman’s office was also vandalised but a detachment of armed policemen deployed in the secretariat quickly brought the situation under control.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, who later visited the secretariat, said that the command would ensure 24-hour surveillance on the office.

Adamu asked residents to go about their businesses, saying that the police would provide adequate security for every law-abiding resident of the state.

Shortly after the attack, some aspirants also stormed the secretariat, protesting the conduct of elections in Ekiti South and Ekiti North Senatorial Districts.

The ACN leader at the House of Assembly, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, submitted a letter of protest at the secretariat.

Afuye, an aspirant in the Ekiti South Senatorial District, said that it was sad that one of the aspirants and some local government officials in the five councils in the area led thugs to rig in favour of their anointed aspirant.

Another aspirant from Ekiti North, Mr. Segun Osinkolu, also led his supporters to the secretariat to protest his disqualification.

The Chairman of ACN in Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Chief Jide Ajayi, at a press conference, said that he was surprised by the cancellation of the primaries in his district.

He said, “ The election was not cancelled but annulled because the election which had been concluded could not be cancelled.”

He alleged that some forces compelled the state chairman of the party to annul the primaries.

Awe, later addressed journalists in his office, saying that one of the aspirants in Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Mr. Babafemi Ojudu, masterminded the attack on his office, which he said was led by a factional leader of Oodua Peoples Congress in the state.

He, however, said that he was ready to lay down his life to ensure that things were done properly in the party.

According to Awe, “Some miscreants sponsored by Ojudu and led by an OPC leader (name withheld) came to this office and vandalised it. They took my chairs away, they said that they were going to put charms on it but I am not scared.

“ My life is being threatened but I am ready to lay down my life to ensure that things were done properly.”

But Ojudu, who also addressed journalists at his residence denied the allegation that he sent thugs after Awe. He alleged that the party chairman had never hidden his hatred for him.

Ojudu said that he was not happy with the cancellation of the primaries in Ekiti Central and alleged that Awe threatened to kill him on the telephone.

He alleged that Awe hijacked the conduct of the primaries from the National Electoral Committee of the ACN and accused the chairman of sending fake voters registers to all the wards in Ado-Ekiti.

He claimed that he couldn’t find his name on the register and that his supporters were disenfranchised.

He said he complained to Governor Kayode Fayemi, who ordered Awe to cancel the primaries in Ekiti Central

Meanwhile, our correspondent gathered that one of the aspirants in Ekiti Central was invited and quizzed by the police on Monday night.

A security source told our correspondent that the aspirant was invited because he moved round on Monday with thugs to disrupt the election and made some inciting statements capable of causing breach of peace.

He said that the aspirant was released after he was quizzed. But the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Mohammed Jimoh, when contacted by our correspondent he that he was not aware of the development.

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