APC Blames Mimiko For Olu Falae’s Kidnap

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo
State has blamed Governor Olusegun
Mimiko, for the abduction of the
National Chairman of the Social
Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae.
The APC said this in a statement by its
Publicity Secretary, Abayomi
Adesanya, on Wednesday.

The party also berated the governor
for the high rate of kidnapping, rape,
robbery, extrajudicial killing and
other social vices in the state.
The APC noted that Falae was
kidnapped in his farm in the Akure
area of the state. The party said other
people had been kidnapped around
the farm about two weeks ago and a
security report was given to the
governor but Mimiko and the police
authorities failed to act.

The statement read in part, “About
three weeks ago, specifically on
September 2, 2015, around Chief Olu
Falae’s farm in Ala village, Akure-
North Local Government area of the
state, a farmer, Mr. Adediran Adejo,
was kidnapped from his farm. Adejo
was in captivity for several days and
was not released until a ransom was
paid to his abductors.

“Governor Olusegun Mimiko, being
the Chief Security Officer of the state,
the Ondo State Police Command and
other security agencies had adequate
information and notice about the
kidnapping and other criminal
activities in this area and across the
state, but they were lackadaisical
about these developments.
“The kidnapping of Chief Falae, being
the second within a period of three
weeks in this particular area, Ala
village, is totally unacceptable and it
is an indictment on Governor Mimiko,
the police and other security agencies
for their lackadaisical attitude and
dereliction of duty.”

The APC wondered how the security
vote was being spent in the light of
the surge in crime in the state
It said the ‘fire brigade’ approach on
the current manhunt of Falae’s
kidnappers is because a prominent
and famous Nigerian is the latest
victim.

It added, “The APC’s investigation
revealed that a whooping sum of
N1.5bn is being deducted as security
vote from the state’s treasury on a
monthly basis. If this amount is
committed to securing lives and
properties, these dastardly acts would
have abated. “We don’t want to
believe that the security vote is going
into private pockets as it is being
speculated.”

The APC also berated a former
Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-
Kayode, for blaming the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal
Government for Falae’s kidnap. It
added that the Federal Government
could not be held liable for such a
crime.
However, the Ono State Commissioner
for Information, Kayode Akinmade,
slammed the APC for trivialising
Falae’s kidnap.

The commissioner wondered how the
APC could blame the governor for a
surge in crimes such as rape and
kidnapping. Akinmade wondered if
the kidnapping of the wife of the
Managing Director of The SUN, Doyin
Nwosu, in Lagos last week was also
the fault of Mimiko.
He urged the party to be constructive
in its criticisms of the state
government instead of peddling lies.
He said, “It is unfortunate that the
APC can trivialise the kidnap of an
elder statesman. Even in Lagos, which
is an APC state, there are also
kidnappings.”

Akinmade slammed the APC for
saying that N1.5bn was deducted by
the state government monthly as
security vote.
He said, “Everyone knows the state of
the economy today and many states
are struggling to pay salaries. Does it
make sense for us to deduct N1.5bn
as security vote?”