Ekiti ADC senatorial candidate seeks police probe into campaign office attack

The African Democratic Congress Senatorial Candidate for Ekiti North, Funso Ayeni, has condemned the attack and vandalisation of his campaign office, calling on law enforcement agencies to investigate the matter.

Ayeni spoke at Ido Ekiti, the headquarters of the senatorial district, on Saturday during an assessment visit to the damaged office.

The campaign office was inaugurated on Thursday last week.

The candidate condemned political violence and intimidation in any form in the state, as he urged that the 2027 elections should be remembered for ideas and accountability, and not destruction.

He said, “Whatever the circumstances surrounding the damage to this office are, political disagreement must never become a pathway to destruction, intimidation or violence. I believe Ekiti must not walk the road of political violence.

“Ekiti State is too knowledgeable, too educated and too politically conscious to allow such a culture to take place. I, therefore, call on the relevant security and law enforcement authorities to investigate what happened here and establish the facts.

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“Political competition should be about ideas; it should be about programmes, it should be about records and the service we are about to offer our people, not destruction of one’s property or another person’s political office. I will continue to advocate for a peaceful, issue-based and responsible political environment in Ekiti North and across Ekiti State.

“We can disagree without destroying; let us compete without violence and let us ensure that the 2027 political session is remembered for ideas, for accountability and not for intimidation nor destruction, and not for bloodshed.”

Ayeni appealed to his supporters across the senatorial district to remain calm and not take the law into their hands despite the provocation.

He said, “I am here today not only to merely inspect that damaged office, but to draw attention to a development that should concern every peace-loving citizen of Ekiti State and in particular Ekiti North Senatorial District.”

The senatorial candidate urged politicians in the state to learn from the recently conducted governorship election in Osun State, “where destruction of campaign materials and political property became part of a broader atmosphere of political tension and violence, with subsequent attacks and loss of lives reported. We must learn from Osun not to repeat the painful experience in Ekiti.”