Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has lamented at
the arrest of immediate-past National Security
Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) by men
of the Department of State Services (DSS) on
Tuesday.
The outspoken Governor condemned the act and
tagged it as continuation of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s regime of vengeance,
saying “disobeying court order and later
arresting and detaining the same person the
court ordered to be allowed to travel abroad for
medicare is the peak of dictatorship.”
Governor Fayose , who reiterated his support for
the fight against corruption, maintained that it
must be done within the ambit of the law and
must not be used to seek vengeance.
He declared support for Dasuki ’s demand for an
open trial as against the federal government’s
demand for a secret trial.
In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti, today, by his
Special Assistant on Public Communications and
New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said
“after flagrantly disobeying court orders,
whatever that is done or said by the Buhari -led
government concerning Sambo Dasuki will
appear vindictive and it remains to be seen how
a government that refused to obey the court will
now charge Dasuki to the same court.”
He called for caution on the information being
giving by the federal government to the public on
its anti-corruption, saying trying people in the
media as being done by the federal government
was dangerous to democracy and rule of law.
The governor said; “Again, is it the duty of the
DSS to investigate fraud? If Dasuki committed
fraud as being alleged, why not let the
appropriate government agency handle his
matter? Why first torturing him emotionally with
the DSS siege on his house?
“My position is that, since the federal
government said report of its panel indicted
Dasuki , why arresting and detaining him? Why
not charge him to court so that he can also accept
guilt or defend himself?”
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Source: VANGUARD
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