The All Progressives Congress has denied the allegation that it was planning to unleash violence on the people of Ekiti State during the upcoming festive period.
The party made the denial in a statement on Wednesday.
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, had alleged that the APC was planning to wreck havoc in the state during the Christmas and New Year festivities.
Fayose urged security agencies to rise up to the occasion by frustrating such plans.
But reacting the APC said: “We draw the attention of Ekiti people to the antecedents of Governor Ayodele Fayose when he wants to cause trouble in the state.
“The style of his government is to ask the governor’s aides to cry on the rooftops that some people in the opposition are planning to cause trouble and then later blame it on his government while in actual fact, the government is the author of the trouble. There are several instances, the most striking one being the assassination of Dr Ayo Daramola on August 14, 2006.
“On August 12, 2006, the same PDP claimed in a press statement that a security report had indicated that a popular politician would be killed in Ekiti State and the government would be blamed for the assassination. Two days after, on August 14, 2006, a popular politician, Dr Ayo Daramola was assassinated in Ijan-Ekiti.
“During ward congress in Aramoko, PDP killed one of its members. David Oke was killed in Oye recently during PDP primary. During one of PDP’s congresses, former Speaker Kola Adefemi received deep matchete cuts and several maimed by members loyal to Fayose. The family of Tunde Omojola are still mourning after the thugs led by Fayose killed the innocent man in Ifaki. The list is endless.
“We raised the alarm recently about the jail break escapees reportedly being lodged in the Government House, while the policemen that helped Fayose to unleash terror on the opposition between 2003 and 2006 have been recalled to begin raids in the homes of the opposition. We have it on good authority that these special policemen are to work with the escaped prisoners lodged in the Government House to unleash terror on the opposition. They have so far paid night visits to the homes of six members of the House of Assembly, but their targets were lucky to be away from home.
“We call on Nigerians to help ask TK Aluko, the author of the press release alleging violence by APC, what his position is in government that he is being guarded 24 hours by one of the police hatchet men recalled to Ekiti, Usman Shaba? The allegation by PDP is diversionary and the party should be held responsible for any mayhem in the state. No one is deceived by this tactic.”
The statement by the APC was signed by Taiwo Olatubosun, its Ekiti State Publicity Secretary.