The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has warned President
Muhammadu Buhari against using the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission(EFCC) to settle political scores.
The governor said his current travails in the hands of the EFCC and
the alleged startling revelations by the agency that he procured N1.5
billion multi-billion property using phoney companies was masterminded
by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the purpose of dimming the
chances of his party during the 2018 governorship poll.
Fayose said this in Ado Ekiti yesterday during a well-attended rally
organized by a newly formed Ekiti State Private Sector Union, which was
an amalgamation of all informal unions in the state.
The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW),
Mr Clement Adekola, his counterpart in the Road Transport Employers’
Association of Nigeria(RTEAN) , Mr Samuel Agbede, and the leader of
Okada Riders Association of Nigeria, Mr Dahunsi Olaniyi, were
inaugurated as the Chairman, Secretary and Vice Chairman
respectively, among other executive members.
respectively, among other executive members.
Fayose, who inaugurated the executive of the newly formed
association, said the Buhari’s government will crumble if it wages war
against him under the guise of anti-corruption war.
According to him, “They said I collected a sum of N1.3 billion from
the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki to
fund my election. Some even said I collected it through Mr Musiliu
Obanikoro. Let me put it on records that I did not know Col Dasuki and
Obanikoro has not come out openly to indict me.
“They said similar thing in 2006. It was all about second term then,
because they didn’t want me to contest for second term. They said the
N1.3b project which I initiated was a scam, but God brought me back. The
APC and EFCC conspirators took me before a Judge and I got justice.
“When God says yes, nobody can say no. God has given me
uncommon favour over my enemies. I am presently using the mandate of God
and Ekiti people and they are ready to defend the mandate and that is
why you proudly came out today to express support for me.
“Nigerians have never had it so bad like this. People are
suffering and hungry and President Buhari says he is fighting
corruption.
How can the FG increase fuel from N86 to N145? The price of kerosene is now over N200.
“No act of intimidation and harassment will shut my mouth. I will continue to talk about national issues”, he said.
Fayose added that “Somebody from Ekiti gave President Buhari N1.5b
for campaign, but today he is being seen as a saint. When you want
to campaign or do marriage , people will give you money and my own
can’t be an exemption. I am not afraid of incarceration or death.
“APC problem is 2018 and as the God liveth, they are going
nowhere. We will stand up and defend our state and the money they said
they
have gotten through anti-corruption should be spent for Nigerians” Fayose stated.
have gotten through anti-corruption should be spent for Nigerians” Fayose stated.
The union, which declared support for Fayose warned APC and EFCC against pursuing political vendetta against the governor .
The union, with over 80,000 membership across 40 unions , said
coming under one umbrella was conceived as a way of increasing
members’ access to good governance and to offer useful advice to the
government on how best to run the state.
Addressing the crowd , the union’s Chairman, Mr Adekola
and Secretary, Com. Agbede, warned the All Progressives Congress
against destabilizing Ekiti over the lost it suffered during the June
21, 2014 governorship poll.
Agbede asserted that the alleged conspiracy between the
federal government and the opposition will fail and won’t materialize,
just as he condemned alleged use of federal might to rattle the
governor.
He said: “It is our view that in every election, the choice
remains that of the people and Ekiti people made their choice on June
21, 2014 and that choice must be respected. Those who have formed the
habit of causing political instability whenever they lose election are
hereby warned to desist from collaborating with external forces to
cause crisis.
“Freedom of thought and expression is guaranteed by the
constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , and in exercising
these rights, Governor Fayose won’t be intimidated by any agency of the
federal government,” Agbede stated.
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