The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has urged the National Judicial Council to as a matter of urgency, investigate the allegation levelled against him that he was involved in last Monday’s beating of a serving judge in the state.
The investigation, he said, would open a can of
worms in the state judiciary.
Fayose argued that it would be wrong for
Nigerians to swallow hook, line and sinker the lies
being spread on the issue by the All Progressives
Congress, APC, which has already called for his
arrest and prosecution over his alleged role in the
crisis currently rocking Ekiti State.
Speaking in a calm tone, Fayose said he was
begging the NJC to look at all issues at stake
dispassionately and be guided by the truth.
The governor-elect, who spoke with journalists in
Abuja on Monday, said all the news about him
fomenting troubles in the state was just a part of
what he described as a grand plan by the APC to
cause crisis in the state with a view to forestalling
his inauguration come October 16.
He said, “What I’m saying, is that the National
Judicial Council should launch a thorough probe
of the happenings in Ekiti State judiciary and
through that, the rot in the system will be
exposed.
“A lot of things are happening there and there are
signs that some judicial officers are conniving with
the outgoing governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and
the APC.
“The current crisis is an agenda of the APC and
their sole aim is to try and get through the back
door what the people of the state did not give
them on June 21 when they voted
overwhelmingly for me and the Peoples
Democratic Party”.
He said as former governor and a responsible
person, there was no way he could have raised
his hand to beat a judge, adding that he was not
even capable of raising his hand against his house
help.
Fayose said he was being portrayed in negative
light in order to create the impression that he is a
bad person.
He said, “I did not and cannot slap a judge. I
cannot slap a house boy let alone a High Court
Judge, and I have utmost respect for judicial
officers.
“The media propaganda that I beat up a judge is
an APC agenda to portray me in bad light having
failed to take my mandate through the back door.
“The Ekiti State Attorney General Wale Fapounda
has disclosed that he has spoken with the judge in
question, and he spoke on Sunrise programme on
Saturday morning on Channels TV where he made
it clear that the news that I slapped the Judge was
all lies.
“I did not enter Justice John Adeyeye’s court
because I had no business to transact there. The
Tribunal venue, where I went to, is quite a
distance from Adeyeye’s court. Then the pertinent
question is, at what point did I meet him?
“Is it that the Judge left his courtroom with his
robe to face so called protesters? Investigation
will reveal all these”.
He said up till now, “nobody has been able to
provide photo or video evidence that I slapped
the judge”, adding that “there was no way I would
succumb to blackmail and surrender the mandate
that was freely given to me by the people of the
state”.
The governor-elect noted that PDP leaders were
aware of the various petitions written to the NJC
by APC leaders in Ekiti, saying only a thorough
investigation would reveal the truth.
He also stated that the actions and utterances of
Fayemi in recent times, showed a collaboration
between him and some judicial officers.
He said, “For the information of all, I am openly
expressing my readiness to appear before the
committee to be set up by the NJC even after I
must have been sworn in, to testify on the issue if
need be.
“The whole issue I can say with all intent was part
of a grand plan by the APC to cause mayhem and
through it, install the Speaker of the Ekiti State
House of Assembly as Acting Governor which the
people of Ekiti has seen through, and are ready to
stop at all cost”.

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