Posted on: 02:29 Sun, 13 Mar 2016



Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose,
has accused the Department of State
Services of usurping the powers of the
police and the EFCC by arresting
officials of his government over
alleged financial matters.

Fayose said this in his official
reaction to the Federal High Court’s
ruling delivered by Justice Taiwo
Taiwo in Ado Ekiti on Friday,
ordering the DSS to release a
detained lawmaker, Afolabi
Akanni.

The state’s Finance Commissioner,
Mr. Toyin Ojo, who was also
arrested by the DSS, had been
released after interrogation.

Fayose said:-

“Beyond this judgment, I have
always said that the DSS are
taking on more than their brief.
They have become an instrument
of oppression. They are now
taking up the job of the police,
the EFCC and all other security
agencies.

“You would recall that they were
at the Akwa Ibom government
House to harass the governor.

They came to Ekiti too to do the
same thing. But this is Ekiti, they
are taking on a wrong customer.”

The governor, also chided the
Federal Government, saying those
in authority have been chasing
shadows in their desperation to
impeach him at all costs.

He said:-

“May be they think this will make
me to stop criticising the bad
policies of the APC Buhari-led
government, no! Let me make it
very clear to them that the
majority would have their way,
the minority would have their
say.

“I’m entitled to my opinion, how
would DSS be investigating the
finances of a state? That is taking
it too far. How would DSS detain
somebody without a court order,
and detaining him for one, two
weeks?

“Anybody who is supporting this
act, one day it would be your
turn, it is Ekiti today. I urge all
Nigerians to rise up and oppose
this act of oppression; this
country belongs to all of us.”

The DSS also arrested Mr. Ropo
Ogunjobi, who was recently sacked
by the governor as the Chairman of
State Internal Revenue Board.