Ekiti PDP To Adeyeye: Go And Resign

The People’s Democratic Party of Ekiti state has advised the national publicity secretary to resign, based on his inaction about the unlawful arrest of
two top officials of the Ekiti State Government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

On Thursday, the anti-graft agency arrested both the Ekiti state Commissioner of Finance and Accountant-General coincidental with the declaration of Governor Fayose’s Presidency in 2019. This was believed to be a game against the governor from the opposition.

The state’s PDP however condemned the silence of the National Publicity Secretary, blaming it on his intention to run as the state Governor of Ekiti, hence affecting his loyalty to the national body.

This was contained in a statement signed and issued in Ado Ekiti on Saturday by the Publicity Secretary of the state chapter of the Party, Jackson Adebayo.

The statement reads:

“If it were to be when PDP was in power,
National Publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won’t waste one minute before condemning such disrespect for a subsisting order of the court by the EFCC.

“But here we are as the opposition party, the PDP spokesperson only deemed it necessary to react promptly to Governor Fayose’s declaration for president, and not the unlawful arrest of officials of the government of his own State.

“If Adeyeye, whose duty is to defend our party and its members, cannot speak against the unlawful arrest of officials of the PDP government of his home state, just because the governor did not support his gubernatorial ambition, which PDP controlled state will he now defend?

“Should we then conclude that Adeyeye has constituted himself to an opposition against the PDP government of Ekiti State, even more than the APC, such that he lost his voice when members of his own party were unlawfully arrested by the EFCC and dumped in detention since Thursday?

“Is he happy that officials of Ekiti State government are being harassed by the EFCC? Will Adeyeye be silent as he is now if Governor Fayose had adopted him instead of his deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola? Should a party spokesperson be so obsessed with his governorship ambition to such an extent that he will no longer be alive to his responsibilities?

“Adeyeye must have to choose between being the PDP National Publicity Secretary, whose duty is to defend the party and his members and being a governorship aspirant.”