Ekiti 2022: Fayemi/APC recruits driver union as fake army and police - SOCO

The Segun Oni Campaign Organization has accused the governor of Ekiti state, Dr KAYODE Fayemi of planing to import thugs from neighboring state for the purpose of disrupting Segun Oni rallies and rig the election proper on the 18th of June 2022.

The organization said that the governor and some of the leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have also concluded plans to procure police a

nd army uniforms for the thugs and some members of the driver unions who will assist the party to cause mayhem before, during and after the election.

In a statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, the Director of Media and Publicity, Segun Oni Campaign Organization, Mr Jackson Adebayo explained that the governor and some leaders of the All Progressive Congress met with the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mr OLUSEGUN Oso and a certain Kogi born merchant of thugs this week to finalize on the operations as it was planned.

According to the organization, the governor specifically gave the order at the meeting that all the drivers and thugs that will be so recruited must be specially trained for the assignment at a location in Okene, Kogi State.

At the meeting he informed them that he has been in touch with the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello to facilitate the arrangements and the location thereby their won't be unnecessary exposure.

Adebayo added that a sum of Two Hundred Million                          (N 200,000,000) has been earmarked for the operations with any thug who will be ready to wear the fake army and police uniform to be paid handsomely.

He further alleged that the leadership of the driver unions have promised to assist the governor in this operations hence the meeting held by the governor and unions.

" It will be recalled that the leadership of the driver unions have in past Two months made it mandatory for all the drivers to paste Biodun Oyebamji ( APC candidate) big stickers on their vehicle if they want to be allowed to operate on Ekiti roads while at the same time forcing the drivers to pay sums ranging between N1,500 and 2,000; any driver who rebuffed are barred from operating their legitimate business."

"We are calling on the Chief of Army Staff, the Inspector-General of police, Nigeria National Intelligence Agency and the Director General of the Department of state services to as a matter of urgency intervene in order to save Ekiti state from unnecessary threat to live and property while we call on the security agencies to swing into action by investigating the allegations as a matter of urgency."