By Gbenga Sodeinde
Special Correspondent, Ado-ekiti

A statement by its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Remi Osabusua, in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday said all Nigerians know that Fayose’s government is violent and is the one to be accused of threatening the lives of members of the opposition.

“It is the government of Ayo Fayose and his co-travelers that is compiling the list of AD leaders from the 16 local government areas for elimination” the statement added.

The party stated further that it is on record that the four years of the AD administration in Ekiti state witnessed relative peace and understanding among the different social and political strata of the state including the leadership of the PDP.

“For the records since the inception of the Ayo Fayose administration, we have witnessed many assassination attempts and cold-blooded murders as well as Obas being locked up by the police in cells, courtesy of Fayose. We have also witnessed violence during elections when the sanctity of human lives has no meaning to Fayose.

“The governor is reputed to foment so much disorderliness in Ekiti state to the extent that peaceful gatherings of opposition parties are willfully disrupted and properties worth millions of Naira destroyed,” the statement added.

The party cited the May 28 peaceful meeting of the AD in Ado-Ekiti as example of how Fayose attacks opposition parties. The party also alleged that the exalted position of the deputy governor is meaningless to Fayose, adding that any one holding contrary opinion to him is considered as enemy and excommunicated.

“Any public office holder who does not worship him (Fayose) imperially will be in soup. This is a governor who has no respect for traditional institutions. He has no decorum or respect for our traditional rulers and has publicly affirmed that any of them who disrespects him shall regret the day he was crowned,” the statement said.

The AD stated that it is already working on new strategies towards gaining back the state government “to actualize those things that made our forbears fight for freedom of our land. The party however said contrary to Fayose’s thoughts, AD has no plan to embark on any criminality.

“We hereby admonish Fayose and his hitmen, not to dare to carry out its elimination exercise because we are already aware that plans are on to kill prominent politicians in Ekiti state and thereby hold the opposition parties responsible. We are calling on his backers such as retired Navy Captain Olabode George who had been blinded by the material gains they receive from the mis-governance in Ekiti state to stop the governor,” the AD maintained.