Ekiti Election: Kayode Fayemi’s Is Threatening My Life – Ekiti Lawmaker Raise Alarm

A few days to the Ekiti State governorship election, One of the House of Assembly members, Samuel Omotoso has raised alarm over the threating of the All Progressive Party, APC, Candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Omotoso, a medical doctor who represents Oye Constituency 1 at the Ekiti House of Assembly where the same constituency of APC governorship candidate, Kayode Fayemi.

Omotoso alleged that Dr. Kayode Fayemi using his popular thugs like Jaru from Iyin-Ekiti, Kolade from Itaji and his goons in the person of Hon Fadare, Bolaji Osunlusi and others from Oloje Ekiti to kill him.

This is the full press released:

TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD TODAY, ON THREAT TO THE LIFE OF HON. DR SAMUEL OMOTOSO BY DR JOHN KAYODE FAYEMI, THE APC GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, AND HIS THUGS.

Gentlemen of the Press.

I welcome you all.

My name is Hon Dr Samuel Omotoso, a medical doctor cum State Legislator from Oloje -Ekiti representing Oye Constituency 1 at the Ekiti State House of Assembly, incidentally the same constituency of Dr Fayemi.

I called you to this very important press conference to bring to the public glare several attempts on my life by Dr Kayode Fayemi using his popular thugs like Jaru from Iyin-Ekiti, Kolade from Itaji and his goons in the person of Hon Fadare, Bolaji Osunlusi and others from Oloje Ekiti.

These People planned to kill me on Thursday the 28th of June 2018 when they invaded my community, Oloje Ekiti with guns, amulets and charms on behalf of Dr Kayode Fayemi and searched for me at all cost during their ongoing blood laced political rallies.

When they could not find me, their frustrations led to the total demolition of our Party (PDP) Secretariat in Ayede South Itaji Ward 10 of Oye Local Government.

Still unsatisfied these thugs called in several armed mobile policemen tagged as “Fayemi policemen” which unleashed mayhem on my people with impunity, shooting sporadically at innocent citizens, destroying many houses, looting and physically assaulted 3 High Chiefs who dared to ask them questions.

As I speak to you the trio of High Chiefs Ejimoko, Afin and Alameiku were arrested by “Fayemi Policemen” and lock up overnight at the police headquarters in Ado for no reason, while the Regular Policemen look on helplessly.

These Fayemi’s thugs mentioned above laid several ambushes for me in the past with Hon Fadare giving them information about my movements but to God be the Glory all were foiled through the goodwill of the People who informed me about their sinister plans.

These attempts on my life are not unconnected with my roles as the Chairman Ekiti-State House of Assembly Committee on Information saddled with the responsibility of speaking on behalf of the institution.

This constitutionally recognised position brought me into civil disagreement with Dr Fayemi on several issues ranging from his mismanagement of the SUBEB funds in 2013 to other financial improprieties which led to his indictment by the Ekiti State Commission of enquiry that investigated his moribund tenure as Governor of Ekiti State.

My roles has also taken me many times to the EFCC office in Abuja to submit petitions written by the House of Assembly against Dr Kayode Fayemi on financial mismanagements during his ill-fated tenure as the Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria.

It is important to state that these are all formal roles and nothing personal.

My role as the spokesperson of the House of Assembly also made me announced Dr Kayode Fayemi as a wanted man after the House of Assembly issued a warrant of Arrest against him pursuant to section 128 and 129 of the constitutional powers of State Houses of Assemblies as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

Up and till now and going by the 2017 Official Gazette of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Kayode Fayemi remains a wanted Man in Nigeria.

I therefore appealed to the Nigeria Police to catch him with Immediate effect and bring him to the floor of the Ekiti State House of Assembly.

In reference, Dr Fayemi cooked up a frivolous charge of libel against me in 2017 while in line of my duty and took me to court asking for 1Billion Naira damages.

This was done in his attempt to shut me out from speaking truth to power in our democracy that guarantees freedom of expression as seen in Chapter 4 of the constitution of the Federal Republic.

He did kissed the dust as the court declared his case against me as lame, lacking in merit, misplaced and ultra-vires.

Rather than allow full intellectual debates necessary in stoking up intellectual capacity inherent in us for the overall benefits of our communities and having lost his constituency to me and my party, PDP in the 2015 election based on his unpopularity and political grandstanding, Dr Fayemi got very angry and went the way of an irredentist, using his agents to vandalize the whole of Ekiti state during his campaigns.

These rapes on democracy came to a head yesterday from the attacks on my community leaving tales of woes, weeping and gnashing of teeth among the people he is struggling so hard to rule again, having lost a golden opportunity gotten through the backdoor.

Dr Fayemi having truly discovered his shallow and feeble political capacity ought to have stayed off politics and concentrate on his NGOs area of concentration rather than chasing shadows and threatening to kill me.

It is worth noting that this is not the First time Dr Fayemi has threatened my life using his agents as seen in my petition to the State Security Service in 2013.

The underlying pathology is nothing more than his political unpopularity in our constituency while trying so hard to impress his sponsors.

Despite these threats, I remain resolute in giving my people qualitative representation measured towards an overall good governance and community development.

I am using this opportunity to alert the whole Country, my immediate medical Colleagues and the International Agencies including the US and UK High Commissions that should anything happens to my life or that of my family, Dr John Kayode Fayemi of Isan Ekiti and his thugs should be held responsible.

Thank you all.

Hon. Dr Samuel Omotoso

Chairman House Committee on Information.

Ekiti State House of Assembly.

Cc:
Commissioner of Police Ekiti State

Director SSS Ekiti State