Thursday, September 25, 2014 
The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday claimed he had uncovered a plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to ensure that the Speaker of the state House of Assembly becomes the next governor of the state instead of him, who defeated their candidate in an election.
The governor-elect said this was the primary reason a socio-political group, Ekiti-11, went to court to ensure that it could achieve this through the back door. He made the claims at a press conference in Lagos.
While explaining the circumstances surrounding the attack on a judge in the state on Wednesday during a court proceeding on the eligibility suit filed against him on Monday, Fayose said it was through such a "dubious" court judgement that a former governor, Segun Oni, was ousted, paving the way for Governor Kayode Fayemi of the APC in 2010.
Fayose vowed that the alleged plan of APC to ensure he is not sworn in on October 16 would not work.
APC has however dismissed all the allegations, saying Fayose should just focus on his case in court.
The governor-elect said this was the primary reason a socio-political group, Ekiti-11, went to court to ensure that it could achieve this through the back door. He made the claims at a press conference in Lagos.
While explaining the circumstances surrounding the attack on a judge in the state on Wednesday during a court proceeding on the eligibility suit filed against him on Monday, Fayose said it was through such a "dubious" court judgement that a former governor, Segun Oni, was ousted, paving the way for Governor Kayode Fayemi of the APC in 2010.
In his words: “The whole scheming in Ekiti State is just about the APC obtaining judgement through the back door after losing elections on June 20, 2014. You will recall that Segun Oni’s tenure was truncated through this back door judgement by some judicial officers who have been compromised.
“They can go as far as losing their career if and when politicians pay them well...
"The Ekiti people have spoken and they have spoken well. I came back into the country on Tuesday night and I have been briefed on the developments in the state. I want to state clearly that we will not allow any back door judgement to stall my inauguration.
“Their target is to install the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who is an APC member, claiming that Fayose is not qualified to contest. I want to state that the people of Ekiti State are interested and they are equally more enlightened than before where someone will just come and obtain a judgement through the back door to stall a process and steal the people’s mandate.”He said there was the need for the judiciary in the state to be objective and fair, alleging that the judges in the state had been compromised because some of them were members of the Ekiti-11.
Fayose vowed that the alleged plan of APC to ensure he is not sworn in on October 16 would not work.
APC has however dismissed all the allegations, saying Fayose should just focus on his case in court.
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