Fayose condemns Faleke, Audu’s arrest by DSS, says “Nigeria now under full-blown dictatorship”

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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose
has described the yesterday’s arrest and
detention of the Kogi State Deputy
Governor-Elect, Hon James Abiodun Faleke
and Mr Mohammed Audu, son of the late
former Governor of Kogi State and All
Progressives Congress (APC) governorship
candidate, Abubakar Audu, as a
confirmation of his prediction that penchant
for dictatorship will rise this year with
rampant disobedience human rights abuses
by the APC government of President
Mohammadu Buhari.
The governor said even though Faleke and Audu
were released very late on Saturday by men of
the Department of State Security (DSS), Nigerians
should by the arrest brace up for a full-blown
dictatorship. In a statement issued on Sunday, by
his Special Assistant on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose
said “it is now clear that Nigerians can no longer
hold opinion different from that of President
Buhari and his faction of the APC and this should
worry lovers of democracy in the country.”
He said arresting and humiliating Faleke and
Audu by the DSS, just because they choose to
pursue their rights within the ambit of the law
was a dangerous trend that all Nigerians,
irrespective of political party affiliation must
condemn.
Governor Fayose said; “They started with Senate
President, Bukola Saraki; later, the DSS invaded
the Akwa-Ibom State Government House and
those who should speak out kept silent because
of politics. “The DSS moved against the former
National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo
Dasuki, invading his residences in a commando
liked manner and when he got order from the
court for the DSS to vacate his house, the order
was ignored.
Up till today, Dasuki is still in detention despite
that he was granted bail by the court and he met
the bail conditions. “When all these happened to
Dasuki, many of those who should talk, especially
our so-called human rights activists kept silent
because of politics. “Now that it happened to
Faleke and Audu, members of President Buhari’s
party who are not on the same page with him on
the Kogi State election, should we also keep silent
because it is APC affairs? Definitely no!
“We are not going to keep silent because we are
not in this to protect the interest of any political
interest. Rather, our concern is the survival of
democracy, which is obviously being threatened
by the forces that have turned the DSS to their
agent of political victimisation. “Most importantly,
Nigerians should know that tyranny does not
know political boundary.
The moment tyranny becomes full-blown, it does
not even know its own family members. The only
concern is its selfish interests and anyone that is
against those interests must be pull down or
whip to line.”