In
spite of the reconciliation between Governor Ayodele Fayose and
the embattled Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State,
Dr Tope Aluko, the state government has insisted that it won’t
withdraw its perjury charges against the estranged Secretary.
The
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Owoseeni Ajayi, also
appealed to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice, Abubakar Malami, to continue to guide President
Muhammadu Buhari, to forestall increasing human rights abuses and gross
violation of court’s orders in the polity.
At a press conference
in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Ajayi said the state government won’t collapse
the case of perjury it had instituted at an Ado Ekiti High Court, in
spite of Aluko’s perceived rapprochement with Fayose.
The
state government had instituted a case of perjury against Aluko shortly
after his open confession that the election that brought Fayose into
government was massively rigged, after serving as the principal witness
at the election petition tribunal.
The court had granted a warrant
of arrest against Aluko, ordering the Commissioner of Police, Mr Etop
James to arrest the embattled PDP Secretary for allegedly lying under
oath.
Lampooning the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase
on his refusal to carry out the arrest and for allegedly providing
Aluko with security cover, Ajayi said the state would file for an order
of mandamus, compelling the IGP to carry out the order in due course.
“The
apology of Aluko to Governor Fayose was personal. We can’t because of
this interventionist apology collapse all our cases, government is not
run that way.
“We
can’t abandon our responsibilities as a state just because
someone apologised to our governor on a case that was already pending
in court. They are not fresh cases and we will pursue it to a
logical conclusion”, he said.
Ajayi urged the Attorney General of
the Federation to counsel the federal government on the alleged brazen
impunity being exhibited by the Department of State Services(DSS) and
abuse of court orders by the agency.
He said the case involving
the arrest of a member of House of Assembly, Hon Afolabi Akanni, vividly
conveyed a signal of alleged impunity in the system, appealing to the
AGF to advise Buhari’s
government and take prompt action to prevent the country from sliding into anarchy.
government and take prompt action to prevent the country from sliding into anarchy.
“Hon
Akanni was released after 18 days in the DSS custody despite March 11
order of the federal high court in Ado Ekiti that ordered his release.
“As
I speak with you, the DSS has not come to court once to file its case
to a suit seeking the protection of fundamental human rights filed
against it. This was a gross abuse of court orders and
constitutionality.
constitutionality.
“On
the notorious issue of Aluko, he is enjoying DSS, police and military
escort despite that a court order has been brought to the notice of the
Attorney General for his appropriate intervention about this impunity.
“The
evidence given by Aluko led to the premature sack and
compulsory retirement of some military officers from the army for
carrying out their constitutional roles during the governorship poll”,
he said.
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