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A socio-political group in Ekiti State, Ekiti Youth Vanguard, has vowed to hold Governor Ayo Fayose responsible if any untoward fate befalls the injured student leader, Comrade Adeleke Samson alias Obama, currently in an intensive care unit at an Ondo hospital.
Thugs were allegedly sent after Adeleke and his colleagues for endorsing the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari at the rally held in Ado-Ekiti last Saturday.
A statement by the spokesperson of the group, Charles Fakunle, said: “We read in the newspapers and social media about the gruesome attack on a Students Union Leader, Comrade Adeleke Samson (Obama), by suspected thugs of Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. His offence was that he attended General Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential rally which held last Saturday and joined other student leaders to endorse him.
“The thugs trailed Obama and his colleagues to Ikogosi Ekiti where they were brutally attacked with machetes and axes. It was in this process that Obama was abducted and taken to the bush where he was dealt machete cuts on his head which almost broke his skull. His other colleagues escaped by the whiskers and ran to Aramoko police station to report the incident.
“To add insult to injury, his colleagues, Ogunkuade Tosin, Odebunmi Idowu, Oloye and one other were arrested by the police in Aramoko when they went to report there. The fifth student, Bewaji Damilare, who went to check on them was also arrested and all were thereafter transferred to Ado-Ekiti police headquarters,” Fakunle explained.
He said it took a letter from the National Association of Nigerian Students to the Inspector General of Police and a threat to march on the police headquarters to free the innocent students whom Fayose’s aide already labeled as armed robbers. “We wonder why the “armed robbers” were released quickly without charging them to court,” Fakunle said.
He added: “We wish to alert all men of good conscience to come to the aid of the students who have become endangered species in Ekiti State simply because they support the candidacy of General Muhammadu Buhari. The right to support a candidate of choice based on personal conviction is guaranteed by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“There is no reason why Governor Fayose should send thugs to go after those who don’t share his political belief, neither can he explain why he should lead thugs from town to town to shoot sporadically and harass political opponents in a democracy that is supposed to guarantee freedom of choice.”
The youth leader urged Fayose to tread softly, warning that the governor will incur the wrath of Ekiti youths if anything bad happens to Comrade Adeleke who is still unconscious in the hospital.
“We urge the police to tender an unreserved apology to the students who were unjustly detained after being attacked while they left the thugs who attacked them to go scot-free because they are untouchable!
“The police must fetch the thugs who attacked Comrade Obama and bring them to book without further delay while we pray God to spare the life of the maimed student leader,” the youth leader said.
really this says it all,student leader treated like this by an elected governor,oh well I just hope most of our hopeless governors Including the so called cic,that is the Nigerian president can read with all is qualifications,for me it shall never be well with jonathan if he will allow a political thug like fayose run things in Nigeria,i remember patience jonathan once advising Nigerian youths,imagine all our so called billionaire’s lickin asses in aso rock,otedola should just move into aso rock cos he’s a fool like the father thats my judgement.
imagine a student leader left for dead,sorry to say I wish the same to fayose’s children not one but all,as for the pastor wife,tick tack her time is tickin fast and fayose he don’t have shame,i pray to god to see the man out of Nigerian soil,nigerian’s be rest assured I will deal with him,forget gov issue and gej pls the man is not thick but too thick,he can only survive amongst his caucaus,no where else pls Nigerian’s fight this injustice cos 2morrow it could be our own brother,cousin ,nephew even one’s child cry out loud,do we have to tolerate this kind of governing,ohhhh no this is oppression,split a mans head cos of election if fayose don’t do anything about it as the sitting governor including the commissioner of police,mark my word’s they will surely have a cause to be unhappy thru the little time they have on earth
cos they have no fear of god