Police quiz Fayemi’s aide, others •Over attacks on PDP members

THE police in Ekiti State, on Tuesday, quizzed the Senior Special Assistant to Ekiti State governor on Internal Security, Mr Deji Adesokan, popularly known as Jarule; Director of Operations of the state Traffic Management Agency (EKSTMA), Mr Richard Apolola, a.k.a Sikira and the leader of the Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC) in the state, Mr Niyi Adedipe.
The officials were quizzed over attacks on a former governor of the state, Mr Ayo Fayose and his supporters in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, in which vehicles were vandalised and people injured.
Nigerian Tribune was informed in Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, that they were invited by the officer in charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the state police command, Alhaji Sulaiman Isa, following allegations that they were behind the sustained attacks on Fayose and members of the PDP in Ekiti State at their meetings in parts of the state.
They were said to have made statements on their alleged roles in the attacks, with the source also hinting that they were summoned to issue statements on the various petitions pointing fingers at them as the brain behind the attacks.
Fayose and members of the PDP in the state were attacked in Oye, headquarters of Oye Local Government Area; Ilawe, headquarters of Ekiti South-West Local Government and Ikere, headquarters of Ikere Local Government Area of the state.
Fayose’s driver, Mr Nathaniel Saliu, was also waylaid between Ilupeju and Oye on Saturday and was injured by suspected Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) thugs.
Adesokan, while confirming that they were invited by the police, said six supporters of Fayose were also invited, adding that he and the others were invited by Isa.
But Fayose, reacting to the invitation of his supporters, said “they were invited to come and validate their allegations and the petitions they wrote to the police.”
According to the former governor, “the boy that was cut with machette, the ones whose mobile handsets were seized, the ones whose clothes were torn and the clothes as evidence and even the car that was damaged was sought,” adding that “they were there to make formal statements in relation to their complaints.”
The Tribune