Posted on: 11:47 Tue, 10 May 2016



Speaking yesterday night during his
monthly media chat, Meet Your
Governor, as reported by the
Nation, Fayose urged the people to
put “Gammalin 20” inside water to
kill the herdsmen’s cows.

He declared that the National
Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu
Sheriff, will retain his position at
the party’s May 21 National
Convention in Port Harcourt, the
Rivers State capital.

But he vowed to work against
Sheriff if the PDP boss plans to
transmute himself to a presidential
candidate in 2019.

The governor described himself as
eminently qualified for the position
of Vice President, saying “God is
taking him to a higher place after
his term expires in October 2018”.

He wondered why herdsmen, who
used to carry sticks, now brandish
AK-47 assault rifles.

The governor criticised President
Muhammadu Buhari for his silence
on the rampaging herdsmen.
Fayose revealed that he rears cows
in his hometown of Afao-Ekiti
without constituting nuisance to
the locals.

He urged residents to be ready to
poison the cows.

The governor said: “What I said
was that we will now be more
proactive, if you bring your cow to
come and eat up my farmland, I
will put Gammalin 20 inside the
water they will drink from.

That is what I will do to those
destroying our communities and
raping our wives.

“I heard that 83 cows have been
killed since I made the statement.
If you come to Afao and eat up my
palm tree, we have set traps for
grass cutters and rodents and the
trap will catch them.

“There is no land for grazing in
Ekiti State. Power to assign land
belongs to the governor. Tell them
that there is no land for grazing
here because it is my right to sign
the C of O (Certificate of
Occupancy)”.

Speaking further on PDP politics,
Fayose said:”Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff is the PDP chairman and he
is going to continue in office.

“If he gives me the VP slot, it is a
good thing for Ekiti people even
though, you cannot set out to say
you want to be VP.

“But you people should not worry
yourself about 2019 because
nobody knows who will be alive in
2019 but mentioning my name for
VP is good for Ekiti.

“I will not support Ali Modu
Sheriff for President in 2019. I am
qualified to be VP if it is the will of
God. God is taking me to a higher
place, how, I don’t know.”

Fayose was stung when he was
reminded by one of the panelists
that when his tenure expires in
October 2018, President Buhari
would still be in office.

The governor fired back: “My
brother, you are not a wise man
by asking that question; anybody
talking about what will happen in
2019 now is not a wise man.

“Nobody knows that APC would
become a ruling party in the last
elections.

“I am not afraid of anybody, you
can charge me to court, they
charged me to court, I won.

“They harassed my wife and the
court awarded damages against
them, they charged our lawmakers
to court, we won.

“Do you want to tell me that
because I am in opposition I
should keep quiet? I am not afraid
of them and I am not afraid of
being detained.

“I will continue to criticise them
because it was God who brought
me here.”