The Ekiti state governor Mr. Ayo Fayose has said the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers or Ekiti State would not be acceptable. Fayose made this known while speaking to State House Correspondents at the end of the opening ceremony of the National Economic Council Summit at the Old Banquet Hall in State House, Abuja. In his words, Fayose said, “Power has gone beyond the leaders, power has gone back to the people. There are certain things leaders will do today, you will eat it tomorrow. You want to declare state of emergency, declare it and we will tell you that the state of emergency will not work too. This country belongs to all of us.”
The governor also spoke on the Rivers election saying, “I want to condemn the election in Rivers State. I want to condemn the militarization. Like I said to some people yesterday, if in Ekiti election nobody was slapped, nobody died, the person defeated congratulated the winner, do we now call this Rivers election Rivers of Blood? Because for a peaceful election in Ekiti and this in Rivers, the military has got no business in our election.
“Now, I want to say that if you watch the trend, PDP has always won all the elections after the annulment, which means what happened in Rivers is just a service of ego of some individuals who believe they have Nigeria in their pockets. They can call the president at will to deploy the military and it’s unfortunate that somebody would allow the military to kill his own people. I strongly condemn the elections in Rivers and charge that we sustain the legacy of transparent elections. For me in Ekiti, we learned from that and we are prepared. We prepare for elections everyday and we are fully prepared.”
