Following the impeachment threat by 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers against Governor Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, has beefed up security in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
According to Thisday The CP had on Wednesday ordered the closure of the assembly following the sudden reappearance of the lawmakers, who had been banished by the seven pro-Fayose lawmakers, led by Hon. Dele Olugbemi from the assembly since last year November 17.
Speaking with THISDAY in Ado Ekiti Sunday, Lakanu said a 24-hour security surveillance had been put in place, particularly around the state assembly and other hot spots.Lakanu said: “I have emplaced security. Personnel have been placed on alert while high visibility patrol is being conducted around Ado Ekiti.
“We knew the tension generated must have caused some apprehension, but we are being proactive because the security of lives and property and general peace of the people are our topmost priority.
“We are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the safety of our citizens and for everybody to go about their normal business without fear or harassment.”
Meanwhile, Fayose has described his governorship as a mandate freely and wholeheartedly given to him by Ekiti people, saying; “Ekiti people who are the owners of my mandate will defend it against political usurpers, whom they had rejected twice in the last nine months.”
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