The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has slammed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari for hosting the APC State Chairman, Olajide Awe, along his counterparts from other states in the Aso Rock.
It said PDP’s charge that Buhari should not have allowed Awe into the seat of power over alleged murder hanging on him after vowing to prosecute murder cases was hypocrisy carried too far.
It explained that Nigerians knew the difference between murder charge and contrived cases of alleged murder to hound opponents out of political field.
It would be recalled that shortly after President Buhari made a public
declaration to probe unresolved murder cases; Governor Ayodele Fayose was jolted into official reaction, urging the President not to play politics with murders investigation.
Following up, PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Adebayo Jackson, criticised Buhari for hosting Awe in the Aso Rock along other APC state chairmen, saying he should not have been allowed to meet the President until after his trial.
But APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, reacted in a statement, saying PDP was being hypocritical in Awe’s matter.
Explaining that Fayose and the PDP contrived Erijiyan crisis that led to the death of a PDP member in a daylight street brawl between political rivals, Olatubosun said Awe could not be blamed for the death that happened when he was not in the town.
He said Awe’s alleged murder charge was the making of Fayose to put him out of circulation.
“This politically-motivated case was investigated and the accused persons were discharged by a court until Fayose assumed office and reopen the case for political reasons using the media to unjustly convict the innocent man.
“We are aware that PDP is planning a press conference to allege that Awe killed Madam Jeje and Ayo in Erinjiyan just to blackmail President Buhari for not investigating Awe”, he said
