Teachers of Secondary schools in Ekiti State have asked the Department of State Services ( DSS) to immediately release the three teachers currently in its custody .
The DSS allegedly arrested the teachers last week at Olaoluwa Grammar School , Ado Ekiti , while making photocopies of their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs ).
ASUSS Chairman, Sola Adigun , told newsmen at the weekend that the continued detention of the teachers was not in the best interest of the state .
He said the detained colleagues are non -partisan and should not be intimidated by any security outfit.
The teachers, operating under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools , also denied being sympathetic to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC ), Dr . Kayode Fayemi .
He said : “ The said statement , which was not signed by the faceless individuals for their obvious display of cowardice , has been transmitted in the social media .
“ The publication , which contains names of some members of our noble union had tagged them as campaigning for Fayemi , against the interest of Governor Ayodele Fayose .
Adigun said the union would have chosen to ignore the satanic lie and deliberate attempt by the enemies .
He said allowing the rumor to continue to circulate could confuse the people, and pitch the teachers against some political actors in the state , who are in and out of government.
“ We declare unequivocally , without any iota of contradiction that we , the ‘mentioned ’ members of ASUSS, as individuals or group , have not met with any of the governorship candidates whatsoever .
“ Without doubt , the meeting with the APC candidate on July 4 didn ’t signpost its support for any candidate involved in the election .
He said as a responsible labour movement , the union had resolved to be open to all candidates in the state .
At the meeting with Fayemi , he added , the union urged him to prioritise education in the state , if he wins the governorship poll.
The ASSUS chairman added that he also drew Fayemi ’s attention to the union’ s grievances , which he described as heartbreaking .
He added that ASSUS further tasked the APC candidate on the need to make necessary amends , if given the opportunity to rule the state again.
