I Was Under House Arrest & Prevented From Attending PDP Convention – Fayose

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has claimed that he was stopped from attending the national convention of his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Port Harcourt on Wednesday by security operatives. He disclosed that he was placed under “house arrest” by the security operatives who used an armoured personnel carrier, APC, to block the gate to the old Presidential Lodge in Rivers state Government House, Port Harcourt, where he lodged.

Fayose, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Social Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka, said, “I was under ‘house arrest’ in PH,” stressing that all appeals to the security personnel at the gate to allow him go out to attend the convention were ignored. He expressed sadness over the development, regretting that the action of the security personnel stopped him from attending the national convention of the party.

Reacting to the claim, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr. Francis Odesanya, averred that such an issue had not come to his knowledge.

“That can’t be true; it is not to my knowledge. How did other excellencies (governors) move out of the place?” he asked.