Controversy in Ekiti over Olumilua ’s arrest

The intra-party crisis rocking the Ekiti State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a dramatic dimension on Tuesday with the arrest of a former governor of old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua.

Olumilua was arrested at his Ikere Ekiti country home and whisked to the state police command headquarters, Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

The supporters of the former governor claimed that he was arrested based on a petition forwarded to the Police by the APC Secretary in the state, Paul Omotoso, accusing Olumilua of holding a “subversive party meeting in his house where he nominated somebody as minister without consulting the party executive committee.”

But Omotoso in a telephone chat with our reporter denied the arrest of Olumilua.
The party scribe said: “He wasn’t arrested, maybe the police invited him.”