SPEAKER of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, on
Sunday, alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) has failed
to release the detained member of the assembly, Afolabi Akanni, as
promised.
According to Oluwawole, in a statement by his media aide, Stephen Gbadamosi, on Sunday, the Federal Government should run the country with the fear of God, saying “the Department of State Services (DSS) has, again, reneged on its promise to release illegally incarcerated member of the Assembly, Afolabi Akanni, on Saturday.”
He said: “If it was not a case of political vendetta, the DSS would have fulfilled its promise to release the incarcerated lawmaker latest by Saturday, 20 March.”
He said it was “undemocratic and ungodly for the DSS to have promised that the service was already contemplating releasing Akanni before the House staged a protest to its state office in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, only for the lawmaker to still be in custody of DSS till Sunday.”
He said: “Members of Efon Alaaye town, where Akanni hails from, also told journalists on Thursday that while the state SSS Director was assuring them that Akanni was still alive, they extracted same promise from the SSS that Akanni would be released on Saturday.
“We have said that injustice to one is injustice to all. This is the only one of our missing four lawmakers that the DSS has accepted is with them. We said if you are holding him, tell us why, or if you have any evidence against him, charge him to court. We are law-abiding people in Ekiti.
“If you can’t charge him to court, then, you have no reason under the law to continue to hold him. He has been in your custody for close to three weeks now, yet, you have not proffered any charge against him. What kind of democracy is this?
“On Thursday, the Director of State Security Service (SSS) in Ekiti State promised us that they were already contemplating to release Afolabi Akanni, and that latest, by Saturday, he would be released. Why is he not with his family now? We forced them to show him on television to know whether he is alive or not.”
According to Oluwawole, in a statement by his media aide, Stephen Gbadamosi, on Sunday, the Federal Government should run the country with the fear of God, saying “the Department of State Services (DSS) has, again, reneged on its promise to release illegally incarcerated member of the Assembly, Afolabi Akanni, on Saturday.”
He said: “If it was not a case of political vendetta, the DSS would have fulfilled its promise to release the incarcerated lawmaker latest by Saturday, 20 March.”
He said it was “undemocratic and ungodly for the DSS to have promised that the service was already contemplating releasing Akanni before the House staged a protest to its state office in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, only for the lawmaker to still be in custody of DSS till Sunday.”
He said: “Members of Efon Alaaye town, where Akanni hails from, also told journalists on Thursday that while the state SSS Director was assuring them that Akanni was still alive, they extracted same promise from the SSS that Akanni would be released on Saturday.
“We have said that injustice to one is injustice to all. This is the only one of our missing four lawmakers that the DSS has accepted is with them. We said if you are holding him, tell us why, or if you have any evidence against him, charge him to court. We are law-abiding people in Ekiti.
“If you can’t charge him to court, then, you have no reason under the law to continue to hold him. He has been in your custody for close to three weeks now, yet, you have not proffered any charge against him. What kind of democracy is this?
“On Thursday, the Director of State Security Service (SSS) in Ekiti State promised us that they were already contemplating to release Afolabi Akanni, and that latest, by Saturday, he would be released. Why is he not with his family now? We forced them to show him on television to know whether he is alive or not.”
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