Former Governor of Kwara State and Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has described the current security situation in Ekiti State as a big threat to the nation's hard earned democracy, political stability and judicial independence. The lawmaker noted that the security situation in the South-West state is capable of truncating the sustainability of the nascent democracy as well as the peaceful co-existence in the nation. Saraki stated this yesterday in a statement made available to journalists in Ilorin. He called on the Federal Government, the Presidency, National Judicial Council, NJC, National Judicial Institute, NJI, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and other relevant private and public institutions to make a pronouncement forthwith without delay and condemn the dastardly acts. According to him, "This criminal atrocity is an act of affront to our collective sensibility. I am personally worried and concerned as a Nigerian and as a stakeholder in the Nigerian polity.

Whether the Ekiti State crisis is APC or PDP driven or is as a result of an act of commission or omission, or whether it is government, group of people or individually driven.

"I must say without any ambiguity that this is totally unacceptable and should be dealt with immediately and decisively. A situation where the independence of our judiciary, its institutions and the office of our respected judicial officials are not safe to discharge and practice their constitutional responsibility and professional roles respectively are signals that anarchy is about to set into our polity." The statement further said: "It is unfortunate that at a time when we as a nation are battling a high rate of insecurity and insurgency across the country, such assault is being unleashed on a judge of a High Court on official duty. This brings a deeper thought to the level of leadership we are providing to this country. "It is appalling that the federal government, the Presidency and the ruling party; the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have either refused, neglected or failed to make a formal pronouncement on the attack on one of the high court ?judges in Ekiti State. This is a sign of bad leadership. A precarious situation of this nature should not be sacrificed for political expediency. This is unacceptable."