Police Take Over Ekiti PDP Secretariat

The Ekiti State police Command has taken over the secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party in Ekiti State, following the invasion of the secretariat by some aggrieved members protesting alleged mismanagement of the party.

Workers in the secretariat, including the State Working Committee (SWC) members, were chased out of the premises by angry party members led by Dr. Temitope Aluko.

The aggrieved members accused the party executives of failing to manage the crisis that has been rocking the party since the conclusion of the state congress and primaries.

The members also alleged state exco of “sharing millions of Naira among themselves at a period the party was in coma and weak to make any serious impact ahead of the general elections.”

The police arrived the promises to calm the situation after the party secretariat was under lock and Key for two hour.

Aluko explained that they carried out the action to “save the party from extinction” and to re-position it ahead of the 2019 general elections.

“We already have some aggrieved members of the following the alleged imposition that in the last primary of the party and we are worried as we are concerned stakeholders.

“We are here today to lock up the party secretariat, not because of anything, but because of some nefarious and fraudulent activities among our members.

“After the exit of our leaders Dr Ayodele Fayose, we found out that the National Working Committee (NWC) has not been responsible to the issues on ground.

“We are carrying out this action today after consultation with some of our leaders of the party and they gave us the mandate to go ahead until further directives of the party’s national leadership.” Aliko added.

Mr. Jackson Adebayo, the PDP Publicity Secretary in his reaction stated that Aluko had no moral right to question the activities and the party excos, since he has been suspended by the party for anti-party activities.

Adebayo said: “As far as I’m concerned, Tope Aluko is an expelled member of our party and he does not have moral standing and he is not qualify to query, question or throw a challenge on how we run our party in Ekiti.”

Police spokesman, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, a Deputy Superintendent, said his men took over the party secretariat temporarily to prevent breakdown of law and order following the reports the command received to that effect.