Governor Fayose accuses Federal Government of shielding Aluko from prosecution

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State is currently accusing the APC led government of President Buhari of shielding Mr. Tope Aluko from facing trial over his allegation that June 21, 2014 governorship polls was rigged in favour of the PDP.

It was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi in Ado-Ekiti yesterday.The Governor said it was unbecoming of a government, which prides itself as clean, to use an agency of government to prevent somebody that has breached the law of the land from prosecution.

“To Aluko and his sponsors, he is a whistle-blower. One thing we are sure of is that the whistle will eventually explode on Aluko’s face as well as the faces of his sponsors. Aluko is the one who said he saw white and that the white has now turned black. Nigerians are demanding that he should be brought to the open to explain what he said.

“He testified under oath at the tribunal, Appeal Court and even the Supreme Court and he came out again to recant. A vital arm of government, the Judiciary, issued a valid order for his arrest and prosecution and that was widely publicised, but surprisingly, the Federal Government is using the DSS to frustrate that by pretending to be interrogating him and shielding him from facing trial.

“Democracy is hinged on separation of powers and the rule of law so that nobody or arm of government would become the all-in-all. Those who are in authority now should know that others have been there before them and if their predecessors had turned everything upside down, what would they have met.

“If Aluko and his sponsors are sure of their allegation, let them release Aluko for trial in the open court. The people of Ekiti State who voted overwhelmingly for Ayodele Fayose and the PDP are ready to defend the mandate they freely gave. Every attempt they made to rubbish the mandate have always failed, including this Aluko’s plot and nobody should use an agent of government to cover the shame some people willingly brought on themselves by chasing shadows,” he said.