The tension in Ekiti State ahead of the July 14 governorship election reached an anti-climax on Wednesday, as security agents deployed in the state dispersed a rally called by Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Fayose had called on residents of the state to put on white attire and gather at the pavilion at Fajuyi Park in Ado Ekiti for a rally, and while the people gathered, the police dispersed them.
The police reportedly shot several canisters of teargas to disperse the crowd and also shot into the air to scare them.
Reports say that one of the policemen at the venue stopped Fayose in his tracks, pulled him back and ordered him to go back.
The governor was said to have identified himself as the governor but he was allegedly beaten and tear-gassed him, and he collapsed.
“They poured water on his head while he collapsed under the attack,” the Government House said, and adding that “he had to be rushed to the Government House clinic for attention.”