Fayose to Obasanjo, Buhari: You are enemies of democracy; mammoth crowd receives Ekiti lawmaker

Released Ekiti State lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni, arrived Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Thursday, and was greeted by a massive crowd
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, who was arrested by men of the Department of State Services (DSS) during the invasion and arrest of some lawmakers at the Assembly Complex in Ado-Ekiti, on March 4, was released after 18 days of incarceration.
He was flown to Ado-Ekiti from Abuja in a helicopter marked A5N-BRL.
The surging crowd was shouting ‘Up PDP; Afolabi, you are welcome; Fayose is our governor; shame to APC, shame to DSS’.
Akanni, representing Efon State Constituency, who promised that his incarceration would further reinforce his loyalty to Governor Ayodele Fayose, said his arrest was illegal.
Another arrested state official and former Special Assistant on Revenue to the governor, Mr Ropo Ogunjobi, also returned with Akanni.
Fayose came in company of the two detainees aboard the chopper about 3.38pm.
The helicopter landed at Christ’s School playing ground where they were welcomed by the mammoth crowd, comprising members of the House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Hon Kola Oluwawole, PDP members and other state officials.
Akanni said: “What manner of democracy are we practising? How can DSS invade a House of Assembly and arrest a lawmaker with intention to impeach a governor? They even came without a warrant of arrest. Is this democracy?
“Is it an offence to be loyal or honest to a governor? Fayose is our leader and I can’t betray him. Ekiti people must stand behind him. Mr governor, I am assuring you that I will always stand by you,” he assured.
Also, Ogunjobi revealed that the DSS, during interrogation, accused him of laundering N22 billion being amount paid on federal roads to Ekiti by the Federal Government.
He was accused of transferring the money into Fayose’s accounts, which he described as a blatant lie.
“They even said I helped Fayose to launder another N1.3 billion out of the N2.5 billion ecological fund released to the state. I said all these were lies. I can’t lie against Mr Governor”.
Fayose regretted how past military dictators endangered Nigerian democracy, urging Nigerians not to vote for them into any sensitive position to preserve Nigerian democratic values.
He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo are not democrats. They have no respect for the constitution and the rule of law. But no matter what they do, we won’t succumb to intimidation.
“Today, I am excited because we have won the battle again. They took Hon Akanni to Abuja as a captive, but he is back now as a hero. Shame to DSS, shame to our oppressors.
“Our economy is bad, people are losing their jobs on daily basis, but what the APC knows how to do best is to lie to the people. They have no answer to this bad economic situation. When PDP was in government, a dollar was N200, but today, it is almost N400, shame to them.
“We thank God that we have a House of Assembly that refused to join forces with them to remove the governor. That was why I told them that they had engaged a wrong customer. They should forget about impeachment, because this is not 2006.
“President Muhammadu Buhari should face Nigerian financial problems. I know this APC-led Federal Government cannot perform because they took Nigerian votes by tricks,” Fayose said.