Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has vowed to bring the thugs and their sponsors involved in the removal of his cap at the Peoples Democratic Party rally in Ondo State to book.
The incident which occurred on Wednesday, left the erstwhile governor in rage and thus, warned that what happened to the late Bola Ige must not him.
In conformity with Fayose’s claims, a video surfaced online, showing as he made way to the podium at the campaign ground when some hoodlums moved towards him and removed his cap.
It would be recalled that Ige’s cap was removed at the Palace of the Ooni of Ife shortly before he was shot dead by gunmen at his residence in Bodija, Ibadan on December 23, 2001.
He said, “I will make a formal report of the incidence to the security agencies and the party relevant authorities. This is not something to be handled with levity as security agencies will have to unravel all the thugs brought to the event and their sponsors”.
“That’s how late Chief Bola Ige’s cap was removed in Ile-Ife, Osun State then and we all know what happened later.
Fayose, in a statement by his Media Aide, Lere Olayinka, accused a governor, a former deputy and the party’s national chairman of orchestrating the assault on him at the campaign rally ground ahead of the governorship election in Ondo State.
Fayose said despite “the shameful act”, he “won’t stop saying the truth concerning the running of the party in the South-West zone and those who have failed to produce any result in Lagos State since 1999 will be made to retire.”
“The masterminds had it all planned and they followed it up by celebrating what they saw as the success of their plot. They even capped it up by circulating the video.
“So it was not an accident, it was planned. But those who planned it only succeeded in advertising their political myopism because the popularity of the brand Ayo Fayose, Osokomole cannot be rubbished by such a childish act.
“That they must have seen in the reaction of the people at the rally and I am sure they know that they can’t get such loud ovation even if they spend all the money in this world.
“As for me, I am unperturbed and I must say it clearly that those newcomers to the PDP and their old allies, who won’t mind soiling the image of the party to achieve their aims will not be allowed to succeed.”
