– The travails of the Honourable Afolabi Akanni of the Ekiti state House of Assembly seems to be over
– The lawmaker representing Efon constituency in the state will be in Ekiti state today
– The Ekiti state government says he will be given a heroic welcome
Popularly called ‘Afo Garanto’, the lawmaker was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja for over two weeks after the intelligence service stormed the Ekiti state House of Assembly earlier this month.
Hon Afolabi Akanni was admitted in a private hospital yesterday after he was released by the DSS
Armed to the teeth, the DSS personnel invaded the assembly complex, shooting sporadically and sending everyone into panic.
The speaker of the assembly, Kola Oluwole had told journalists then that the lawmakers were in their different duty posts in the house when the DSS men besieged the assembly.
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According to a statement by Alhaji Ademola Bello, special adviser (political matters) distributed to journalists and obtained by NAIJ.com, the lawmaker will arrive the state in company of Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The statement urged all supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to converge at Fajuyi Park by 12 noon the lawmaker a ”heroic welcome.”
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives had summoned Lawal Daura, the director-general of the DSS, over invasion of the Ekiti state assembly. Daura ignored the lower house.
Their counterparts in the Senate had also on Wednesday, March 9 directed its committee on national security and intelligence to conduct an investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the action of the DSS. The committee is yet to come out without its findings.
Media reports yesterday, March 23, suggested the lawmaker was released by the DSS because of his deteriorating health condition.
In a related development, members of the Ekiti state House of Assembly recently revealed that they were offered $1 million to impeach Governor Fayose.
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According to the lawmakers, officers of the DSS from Abuja are involved in the plot to coerce them into impeaching the governor. The DSS is yet to react to the allegations.
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