Ekiti judicial crisis plot by APC to stall my inauguration – Fayose

Governor-elect of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has described the allegation against him of beating up a judge and other happenings in the state judiciary, as “plot by All Progressives Congress (APC) to prevent” his inauguration, come October 16.
He also called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate the allegation, adding that it would expose a lot of secrets.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Fayose urged NJC and Nigerians to look at all issues at stake dispassionately and be guided by the truth.

He also urged them not to be swayed by the propaganda launched by the APC, adding that all the news about him causing troubles in the state was just a part of grand plan by the APC to cause crisis in the state with a view to preventing his inauguration, come October 16.
He said: “What I’m saying is that the National Judicial Council should launch a thorough probe of the happenings in Ekiti state judiciary and through that the rot in the system will be exposed. A lot of things are happening there and there are signs that some judicial officers are conniving with the out-going governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and the APC.

“The current crisis is an agenda of the APC and their sole aim is to try and get through the back door what the people of the state did not give them on June 21 when they voted overwhelmingly for me and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).”
Continuing, he said: “I did not and cannot slap a judge. I cannot slap a house boy, let alone a High Court Judge, and I have utmost respect for judicial officers.

“The Ekiti state Attorney-General, Wale Fapounda, has disclosed that he has spoken with the judge in question, and he spoke on Sunrise programme on Saturday morning on Channels TV where he made it clear that the news that I slapped the judge was all lies.”
“I did not enter Justice John Adeyeye’s court because I had no business to transact there. The Tribunal venue, where I went to, is quite a distance from Adeyeye’s court. Then the pertinent question is, at what point I meet him?”