Following the alleged invasion and arrest of four members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Friday evening by the operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS), Governor Ayodele Fayose has declared that he cannot be intimidated by any show of force by the Federal Government Fayose, in a statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and [...]
PDP Hails Supreme Court Ruling On Fayose
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the election of Ekiti state Governor Ayo Fayose as a triumph of democracy and the rule of law. The party said the ruling is a testimony that the judiciary is still the last hope of the common man having sustained the wishes and aspirations of the people of Ekiti state as expressed in the [...]
19 APC members of Ekiti legislature direct CJ to institute panel to probe Fayose
The 19 APC members in Ekiti State House of Assembly has directed state Chief Judge Ayodeji Daramola to institute a panel of enquiry to investigate Gov. Ayo Fayose. The lawmakers gave the directive in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. There are reports that the lawmakers held a special sitting at Mary Hills Boys High [...]
Gov Fayose thanks the people of Ekiti State for their support
In a State wide broadcast, the governor noted that 16 people will not be allowed to upturn the decision of over 200, 000 people of the state, saying whatever was not founded on truth will utterly fail. He opined that the APC was overwhelmed by the massive victory of the PDP in two different recent elections, winning in all the 16 Local Governments, saying their plan was to [...]
2015 Presidential Election Result in Ekiti state – PDP Wins
2015 presidential election result in Ekiti state Ekiti state Announced by Prof. Adeniyi Daramola, VC of FUT, Akure , the Returning Officer for Ekiti state. AA:94 ACPN: 534 APC:120,331 CPP:330 HDP:94 KOWA:108 NCP:377 PDP:176,466 PPN:388 UDP:60 UPP:145 PDP wins in Ekiti with 176,466. [...]
PDP plans to disrupt APC Road Show in Ekiti, cause havoc in SW – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of planning to disrupt its (APC’s) Road Show in Ekiti on Wednesday, March 11th 2015, using PDP thugs decked in APC T-Shirts to infiltrate the rally and instigate violence. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also accused the PDP, working through [...]
Ekiti rigging tape must be probed – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has renewed its call for a thorough probe of the Ekiti rigging tape that was recently released by an army captain who recorded the audio tape, saying it is wrong for anyone to label the tape a fake without a forensic investigation. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party [...]
Missing grandmother from Ekiti, escapes being lynched in Lagos
A 72-year-old granny, madam Modupe Obafemi who came to visit her children in Lagos but went missing after some days has been found; but was almost lynched by a mob who took her for witch if not for a timely interventions of a good Samaritan. After being declared missing a fortnight ago, the grandmother from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was found in Lagos at Wilmer area of Ajegunle [...]