The about a dozen legislators of the Ekiti State House of Assembly were escorted into the Vanguard corporate headquarters last Wednesday by four heavily armed mobile policemen, reflective of the troubled times that have recently befallen them. Unlike many other Nigerians in precarious conflict situations, the Ekiti lawmakers were not in conflict with armed robbers, insurgents, ethnic militias or sorts.
They were rather in battle with the instruments of state in the form of the Department of State Services, DSS. Believing that the pen might be mightier than the swords of coercion being marshalled by the DSS, the legislators were in Vanguard to protest what they claimed as the abduction of four of their colleagues by the agents of the DSS on Friday, March, 4, 2016.
Running helter-skelter Those held according to the legislators were Sina Animasaun- Ekiti West Constituency 11; Musa Arogundade-Constituency Ado 1; Badejo Anifowose-Constituency Moba 11 and Akanni Afolabi However, surprisingly, the DSS has acknowledged the presence of only Afolabi, around whom death speculations revolved last Thursday. Expressing their reservations over the way and manner the House was supposedly violated, the chairman of the House committee on information, Mr. Gboyega Aribisogun said: “We are here because of the very serious crisis going on in Ekit State. On March 4, 2016 which was a Friday around 11 am in the morning we were at committee meetings in various offices. Suddenly, we heard noise outside, while people were running helter-skelter, vehicles were also driving recklessly. At a point, they started shooting. It lasted for about 20 minutes. At the end of the confusion, we did a head count and realised that four of our members were missing.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/buhari-apc-want-to-silence-fayose-ekiti-legislators/
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