The commission, meanwhile, said that anybody found culpable of promoting violence and hate speech will be prosecuted, no matter how highly placed.
In a petition submitted to the commission by the APC Secretary in Ekiti State, Omotosho Ayodele, the party accused the governor of using thugs to attack and intimidate the opposition in the State.
“Fayose’s boys are always on the streets macheting, scaring people as vehicles and houses are being damaged. In spite of various petitions to the police, nothing has been done,” said Ayodele.
“Governor Fayose does his things with impunity and nobody challenges him. With what we have seen so far, we can no longer guarantee a violence-free elections in Ekiti State. The activities of Fayose is undermining the peace pact signed by our presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan,” he added.
He further alleged that “on January 21,2015 Mr Fayose’s thugs and members of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) dressed in army and police uniforms backed by policemen attached to the Government House ransacked and vandalised the APC Secretariat on Ajilosun Street, Ado-Ekiti, while the security guards on duty were assaulted.
“On January 24th, Adeleke Samson, a student’s union leader who attended the APC presidential rally in Ado-Ekiti with his colleagues, was attacked by Mr. Fayose’s thugs. He sustained life-threatening injuries on his head.”
While receiving the petition, the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Bem Angwe, restated the commitment of the commission to bring the promoters of violence and hate speech during and after the 2015 general elections in the country to book.
“Your allegations are against a sitting governor, if they are false, portend serious consequences, and if they are true, they still have consequences.
“We would ensure that the allegations are thoroughly investigated and see that appropriate sanctions are meted out to anybody found culpable no matter how highly placed,” he said."
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