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The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties in
Ekiti State at the weekend took a swipe at the former governor of the
state, Ayodele Fayose over his recent comment about the increasing rate
of insecurity in the state.

Mr Fayose recently raised an alarm over the
reported violence in the state during party primaries held last week,
saying politicians must learn to conduct campaigns and elections with
civility.

But the CNPP, through its chairman, Tunji
Ogunlola, said Mr Fayose lacked a moral justification to comment on the
violence allegedly unleashed by some contestants and their supporters
during the primaries and accused the former governor of trying to use
incidents of violence in party primaries to feather his own political
nest.

“Ekiti has been peaceful from time immemorial until Fayose’s entry into the politics of the state,

when violence, brigandage and mayhem became the order of the day,” the CNPP said.

Take the boys out

The group recalled the attack on Alliance for
Democracy leaders in Mugbagba, Ado-Ekiti in on May 28 which it said Mr
Fayose allegedly supervised, during which several vehicles were
destroyed and the violence that marred a councillorship by-election
same day in Ifaki-Ekiti, leading to the killing of Tunde Omojola.

“While our group is making efforts to ensure the
peaceful resolution of crisis arising from primaries conducted by the
various political parties, we are using this medium to appeal to Ekiti
people to discountenance Fayose’s statement on violence at the
primaries,” the CNPP said. “Fayose is a past leader in the state and it
is regretful that some of the boys he used then have now become
problems for the state and we thank the state government for making
efforts to provide employment and loans for those boys to discourage
them from being used as thugs.

“We frown on somebody trying to paint the image of the state black
because of his personal ambition. The CNPP wishes to advise Fayose to
concentrate on his senatorial ambition and let the electorate know what
he intends to do to take those boys away from the streets in the fields
of education and gainful employment, rather than whipping up
sentiments”.