Disobey Fayemi’s curfew, Fayose tells Ekiti people

The political crisis in Ekiti State has heightened   with the Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, calling on the residents of the state to ignore the curfew imposed by outgoing Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Fayose, who arrived in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday afternoon   amid   jubilation by his supporters, made the call while featuring on a live radio and television interview monitored on Nigerian Television Authority.

Fayemi had on September 26   said “there would be no movement between the hours of 7pm   and 7am every day till further notice.”

The outgoing governor had explained that the curfew was necessitated by the widespread violence that greeted the   murder of a former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Omolafe Aderiye, by gunmen.

During the interview, Fayose said residents should go about their normal business because the curfew had brought untold hardship to them.

Fayose said, “It is unfortunate that people have been put under needless pressure and I have discussed with the police and the army on the need to let people move around freely.”

“I have spoken with the security agencies on the need to allow people to move freely. As from today, I have released people to go about freely. There is no more curfew.

“No security agent will arrest you. Anyone who is harassed or arrested should call me.”

Fayose gave out a mobile line that people could call him on to secure their release if arrested.The governor, who   promised to personally seek the release of anyone arrested by law enforcement agencies, also likened the alleged last-minute efforts by the All Progressives Congress and the Ekiti-11 to stop his October 16 inauguration to the last kick of a dying horse.

He said the outgoing government would leave a debt profile of nearly N84bn for his administration.

“They took N31bn in the first instance and paid about N10bn and they took another N22bn loan and the state is having N552m monthly deficit and the repayment is till 2020,” he said.

On the purported suit at a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday by the APC and the E-11   to stop his inauguration on Thursday, Fayose said God’s will would prevail no matter the circumstances.

He said, “Everything will work for good for me and the people of Ekiti State. The case filed in Lagos today(Tuesday); we have found out their antics and I am confident that I would be inaugurated.

“I am currently enjoying God’s grace and kindness which I did not merit. I will work with everybody even within and outside the party.