A governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Engineer Kayode Ojo has alleged frequent harassment and arbitrary arrest of his supporters by men of the Ekiti State Police Commsnd .
Engineer Ojo ,a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and chairman ,Governing Council ,University of Nigeria, NNsuka (UNN) also alleged that his political loyalists have become victims of Police brutality in recent time .
A statement by his media aide, Alhaji Deji Aiyelabowo, said the APC governorship hopeful condemned the arrest of two of his followers at Igede-Ekiti on Wednesday by the Police
He explained that two of his loyalists were arrested by the Police under the guise involvement in armed robbery attempt in the town and subsequently whisked away to the Police Headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, where they are still being held.
According to Engineer Kayode Ojo, ” the two men including other members were at the meeting venue when some people came in to accost them to demand for reason why their vehicles were parked on the road to prevent free flow of traffic and, before anybody could say Jack Robinson, policemen from the Ekiti State Command had invaded the venue of the meeting, and arrested the two of the Party members and tagged them as armed robbery gang and took them away.
EngOjo recalled similar occurence at Ikoro-Ekiti about three months ago when the Party Ward Chairman and two others were arrested in the town at the middle of the night alleging similar offence and took them Ado-Ekiti for detention at the Headquarters of the RRS where they were detained for days and eventually released after when nothing incriminating was found in their possession.*
With this development again, Engineer Ojo is calling on the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police to address the issue of politically motivated arrests of members of the Party in the State to safe the people from unwsrtanted embarrassment.