Posted on: 03:10 Sun, 07 Feb 2016



Controversial Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele
Fayose, has accused former President
Olusegun Obasanjo of ordering the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
around to hound political opponents during his
tenure as president of the country from 1999 to
2007.

In an interview with Premium Times , Fayose also
flayed incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari
for towing the line of Obasanjo in handling the
present war on corruption, stating that the
former president is not the democrat he is
pretending to be.

When asked if he had any personal disdain
for Obasanjo, he said: “No sir. I say it as it
is. The military in Nigeria should subject
themselves to democratic rules. When
Obasanjo was there he was behaving the
same way Buhari is behaving today. It was
under Obasanjo that the EFCC would lock
people up because the president has power
to order arrest, because the president
appoints the IGP, the DG of SSS and others.

He has power of coercion. The fact remains
that the constitution allows me the right
even in the face of accusation to enjoy my
liberty. Obasanjo is not a democrat. Today,
former Governor (Bola) Tinubu of Lagos
would recall what Obasanjo did. It doesn’t
matter what our political alignments are
today, history cannot be taken away. So my
position has not changed and it will never
change.”

He added: “When Obasanjo was there for
eight years, Buhari didn’t go there?
Everyday Obasanjo goes to kiss the ground
in Aso Rock. Everyday Obasanjo has
something to go and tell him there. There
are some places elders would have a bit of
shame. They would know that sometimes
we should not go to this place. Even if you
look at the pictures taken of his visit you
see him bending down. When he was in
government he was busy abusing this
Buhari. Obasanjo was busy insulting
Awolowo. One of the things Obasanjo wants
to lay claim to in life is that he is the
longest serving Nigerian president. When
you add his military rule to his civilian
regime, you understand. So, Obasanjo
doesn’t like anybody to excel or exceed his
record. That’s the truth. Obasanjo, who now
seems to be the father of gangsterism or
whatever he seems to be today, is the same
man that we used to talk about every other
day. Today he is there. The most painful
aspect of it is for Obasanjo to be coming
out and be claiming he is a very honest
man. Where did he get the money that was
given to the National Assembly that time?
Where did he get the money? Each senator
and member of the House of
Representatives collected N50 million each.

How about that $2billion Halliburton money?
They jailed some people in America because
of Halliburton. Obasanjo knows everything
about Halliburton. Let us put Halliburton to
trial and see what happens. That is why I
told you that this fight must not be
selective. If truly we want to fight
corruption, let us fight corruption head on.

And the fact remains that men will judge,
God will judge again.”