EKITI 2014: PDP plans to put key party leaders under house arrest on election day —APC

Ahead of the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state, has alleged that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is planning to place APC leaders in the 16 local government areas of the state “under house arrest on the day of the election.” According to a statement by the Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday, “this is to create fear in the minds of the followers of such leaders, who may become jittery and decide to stay away from polling units, thereby leading to voter apathy.” According to the statement signed by the spokesperson of the campaign, Mr Dimeji Daniels, “this plan is to be executed with fake policemen who are currently being recruited and trained by the PDP,” and added that “some of these fake policemen trained in Osun and Ondo states, are already assigned to the PDP candidate, Ayo Fayose, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Opeyemi Bamidele.” He said: “We call on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to be above board in the discharge of its duties. The APC and the Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, will accept nothing less than a free, fair and credible election, deemed so, not just in the warped eyes of PDP, but in the eyes of the international community and all believers in the right of the people to freely choose their leaders.”