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WATCH: Fayose hailed on the streets of Ekiti after election

WATCH: Fayose hailed on the streets of Ekiti after election

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Governor Fayose was seen up and about on the streets of Ekiti on Tuesday amid rumours he was planning to flee the country.

Fayose was hailed as he walked through areas such as Okesa, Oja Bisi, Oja oba, Irona and Oke Oriomi.

The governor had visited the palace of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, the Aladesanmi III, to complain about the treatment he got at the hands of law enforcement and irregularities during Saturday’s election.

He said, “I have come to officially tell you, sir, as the Paramount Ruler of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, that the Government House was invaded by the police. As we speak, over 300 innocent people are in detention. Since the day of the election, I have not been able to come out. My security aides have been withdrawn, continuously I have been harassed. It is dark hours in our history.

“After the poll on Saturday, my wife was prevented from entering the Government House for about 45 minutes. Since last Wednesday, security agents had laid siege to the Government House, and were subjecting people to untold hardship coming in or going out.

“The poll has come and gone irrespective of what we went through. The constitution says I am still the governor till October 16 this year. Our state radio and television stations have been shut down. And there has been no means of getting across to our people.

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“It was only this morning that security agents at the entrance of the Government House were withdrawn. If we have been robbed, I still have a right to life and my family has a right to life too.”

Fayose also lamented that his security aides had not been restored while the governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, had a retinue of security aides around him.

“The man that won has three units of the police protecting him. All my security men have been withdrawn since last Wednesday. I am only left with just a few.

“Harassing me is not in the interest of democracy. People must intervene before things go out of hand. I don’t know why we should be in this situation in 2018,” he said.

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