The
Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has accused the leaders of the
All Progressives Congress of begging some notable monarchs and other
influential indigenes of the state to intervene in the murder cases
filed against its members.
The party alleged that the APC in the
state had approached about five first-class traditional rulers in the
state to appeal to Governor Ayodele Fayose in order to evade justice.
A statement on Tuesday issued by the
state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, revealed that
the APC set up a special delegation led by a former deputy chairman of
the party to carry out the assignment in an apparent move to save the
accused persons from being convicted.
Adebayo stressed that the leadership of
the opposition party considered this after their team of lawyers
concluded their assessment of the murder cases against the accused, and
reported that there was no way any of them could escape being convicted.
He added that some of the members of the
delegation were also sent to the Chief Judge of the state, Justice
Ayodeji Daramola, but exercised caution pending the outcome of the
mediation by the monarchs and the emissary to the governor.
But the state APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, has described the allegation as a lie.
Speaking with our correspondent in a
telephone interview on Tuesday, Olatubosun said the government could not
sustain the “political cases targeted at their political opponents to
keep them out of circulation.”
Adebayo reiterated the commitment of the
PDP government in Ekiti State to the rule of law and the maintenance of
law and order, saying, “this is the only way by which any other person
that may be thinking of engaging in crime will desist or at least leave
the state.
“We appeal to our traditional rulers not
to carry out any intervention or anybody going about to seek their help
on how to shield criminals in Ekiti State from the hand of the law.”
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