UGOCHUKWU EKE, OWERRI
Leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state yesterday joined their members across the country in a peaceful demonstration against the ugly treatment meted out on governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state by the police.
The PDP members who were in their numbers condemned the action of the police on the governor and people of Ekiti state saying that police brutality and partisanship has no place in any democracy.
The protesting PDP crowd was lead by the state chairman of the party, Chief Johnson Onuigbo and other members of the party’s State Working Committee (SWC) to march through some major streets in Umuahia the capital city singing solidarity songs.
They also carried placards expressing their grievances with the police and some of the placards read, “We say no to police brutality’; ‘Police, don’t stir the hornet’s nest’; Don’t kill our democracy’ among others.
Speaking with journalists after the protest march Chief Onuigbo vehemently condemned the action of the police in Ekiti state noting that state governor and his deputy have constitutionally guaranteed immunity which should be respected by the police.
Onuigbo said that the ruling party in Abia state was in solidarity with their Ekiti state counterpart, which is also PDP state, adding that what affects Ekiti affects all of us and other Nigerians, because it could anybody tomorrow.
He said that if the police should continue to do the biddings of the ruling APC they would undermine the nation’s democracy, adding that the election in Ekiti state would serve as a litmus test, not only for the election in Ekiti but also the 2019 general election.
The Abia state PDP boss said, “What we are asking the federal government and the international observers is to ensure that election in Ekiti State is free and fair on Saturday“.
He called on the people of Ekiti to come out and vote on Saturday and also defend their votes, adding that they should not allow themselves to be intimidated by the police and other security agencies that have invaded the state.
Onuigbo who later went to the state police headquarters to submit a protest letter to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris through the state Commissioner of Police Michael Ogbizi, regretted the actions of the police in the entire episode.
The letter reads, “We write to protest and condemn the sordid act of police attack, brutality, humiliation and dehumanization of our innocent, peace loving and law abiding party faithful in Ekiti state”.
“We are particularly worried over the attack on the person of the executive governor of Ekiti state, His Excellency Ayo Fayose and his deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola, the flag bearer of our party”.
“We are touched by the bravado and over-zealousness of your men in executing this sacrilegious degradation of the exalted office of the governor of the state, a man seating on the collective mandate of Ekiti state”.
Receiving the protest letter the state CP, Ogbizi assured the PDP state chairman and members of the party that he will transmit their letter to the IGP, Idris.
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