By Bisi Ogundele
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Justice For All Nations (JFAN), has carpeted a group in Ekiti State, Women Rights Advocacy Group, for defending the wife of the state Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi’s silence on the abduction of two ladies in a hotel in Ado Ekiti and their molestation by thugs.
The group’s Coordinator, Dr. Dada Popoola, stated on Monday that apart from the owner of GNN Guest House,
Ado Ekiti, Hon. Adedayo Akinleye, Mr Ariyo Afolabi and James David that were attacked and abducted on Saturday, October 24, 2020 that
hoodlums armed with pump action guns and other dangerous weapons invaded the hotel, two ladies, Miss Ajiboko Bukola and Miss Filani
Oyinkansola, who lodged in the hotel were also abducted with one of them putting on only towel and was not allowed to wear cloth even at the police station where they were dumped.
The group also alleged that one Dr. Bola Ogundana, had reacted to its statement and attempted albeit unsuccessful to defend Mrs Fayemi and the Ekiti State government.
As a result, JFAN said: “Our attention has been drawn to the statement by a certain Dr. Bola Ogundana, on behalf of Women Rights Advocacy Group, on the Saturday,
October 24, 2020, attack on a hotel in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, by thugs allegedly sponsored by the state government.
“First, we are surprised that Dr. Bola Ogundana turned herself to the spokesperson of the wife of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, as well as the state government itself, by responding to our statement.
“By acting as a meddlesome interloper in a matter that has to do with Mrs Fayemi and the government of her husband, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Dr Bola Ogundana has giving her Women Rights Advocacy Group out as one of
the non-governmental organisations (NGO) being funded by the Ekiti State government and we will soon ask questions as to how much has been received from the state government by the group and others in its league.
“However, away from the unsolicited response by Dr Bola Ogundana and her group of meddlesome interlopers, our position is clear, it is about the silence of Mrs Fayemi, a self-professed feminist and women rights champion, despite being aware of what was done to the duo of Miss Ajiboko Bukola and Miss Filani Oyinkansola, by the thugs who invaded GNN Guest House on the night of October 24, 2020.
“Mrs Fayemi cannot claim not to be aware that the two ladies, who were among the lodgers at the hotel that night were abducted by the thugs, with one of them putting on only towel and was not allowed to wear cloth even at the police station where they were dumped.
“The governor’s wife can also not claim ignorance of the fact that the government of her husband is being accused of protecting the thugs by hiding them in the government house.”
