- Safiu Kehinde
The Ekiti Police Command has vowed to arrest the suspected hoodlums behind the attack of the state’s state secretariat of the African Democratic Congress(ADC) in Ado-Ekiti.
NPO Reported that the hoodlums had on Monday night invaded the secretariat and destroyed chairs, tables, canopies, musical instruments, motorbikes, among others, before setting ablaze the building located on Basiri/Ilesa road.
The incident occured when the ADC was preparing for the inauguration of its state executives scheduled for Tuesday, October 21.
Reacting to the development while addressing newsmen yesterday, the Ondo Police Spokesperson, Sunday Abutu, disclosed that the commissioner of police had ordered investigation into the incident with a view to bringing the perpetrators to book.
Meanwhile, the ADC National Secretary and former Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, who arrived in Ado-Ekiti after the incident, described the attack as undemocratic.
Aregbesola, in a video shared on Facebook, said it was unfortunate and shameful that products of democratic process can exhibit such ‘despicable act in the name of politics’
He called on security agencies to safeguard lives and property in the state.
“When you see undemocratic people, undermining democratic process the way we have witness here, it is a terrible decline to racism,” he stated.
The former minister of interior pointed out that the beauty of democracy is the freedom to associate, participate in all the activities and festivals of democracy, such as open meetings, rallies and campaigns.
Aregbesola called on Nigerians and the security agencies to rise up to exterminate undemocratic acts in Nigeria’s polity.
Despite the attack, the affirmation was later held for the state executives of the party in the State, with the state chairman of the party, Mr Ilesanmi Omolayo, inaugurating other executives.
Speaking after the inauguration, the chairman of ADC in the State called on party members to stand firm for the party.
Omolayo urged faithful to stand with the party towards winning all the elections in the state.
Party chieftains present include former deputy Governor of Ekiti, Prof. Olusola Eleka and former Speaker, Gboyega Aribisogun.