Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has decried the removal of his cap by thugs at the Peoples Democratic Party rally in Ondo State on Wednesday.
Fayose warned that what happened to the late Bola Ige, who was then the attorney general of the federation, must not happen to him after the incident.
He made this statement after he was attacked during a rally of the PDP governorship election in Ondo state.
As he make his way towards the podium at the PDP campaign ground, suspected hoodlums charged towards him and removed his cap, which later led to clashes between the suspects and Fayose’s security personnel.
According to the statement by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, issued on his behalf, the former governor said despite the shameful act, he won’t stop saying the truth concerning the running of the party in the Southwest zone and those who have failed to produce any result in Lagos State since 1999 will be made to retire.
He said he will make formal report of the incidence to the security agencies and the party relevant authorities, noting that it was 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.
“So this one will not be ignored and treated as one of those things.
“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 popularity of the brand Ayo Fayose, Osokomole cannot be rubbished by such 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 new comers 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,” he said.
