Posted on: 06:23 Thu, 07 Jul 2016



Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele
Fayose has declared that President
Mohammadu Buhari was using an
equally corrupt Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) to stamp out corruption in
Nigeria, insisting that the President
must start the corruption fight from
his party and immediate aides
since charity begins from home.The
governor said:

“EFCC opinions remain their
opinions and if they are so sure
of whatever information they
have, they should go to court and
stop subjecting Nigerians to
media trial and that no amount of
media trial from the same
elements that orchestrated my
removal in 2006 can erode my
popularity among Ekiti people.”

He said any property that may be
linked to him or his company was
bought legitimately and his
properties were duly declared in
his assets declaration form and
sources of such funds were not
illicit.

In a release issued on Wednesday
by the Special Assistant to the
Governor on Public
Communications and New Media,
Lere Olayinka, maintained that his
election was funded by Zenith Bank
as well as donations from friends
and associates, adding that;

“As a promising candidate of my
party, I cannot stop Nigerians
from supporting my election like
every other candidates of other
political, including President
Buhari.”

He said since the money he got for
his election was from legitimate
sources and not from the Office of
the National Security Adviser
(ONSA) as being concocted, how the
money was spent remained his own
business and not that of anyone.

The governor also debunked the
reported allegation by the EFCC
that he received bribe from any
contractor in Ekiti; saying; “if they
have anything against me, they
should keep their gun powder dry.

“Because in 2006 when they took
me to court, their allegations
crumbled like pack of cards
because court decisions are
founded on facts and law, and
not on media trial as currently
being done by the EFCC as
teleguided by the APC in their
desperation to set the people
against me knowing fully that
they are not on ground.”

He added:

“having failed to buy the
conscience of Ekiti House of
Assembly members, the APC
people have become increasingly
afraid of 2018 and that the
agencies of the Federal
Government should know that no
matter how hard they try, Ekiti
electorate will not be deceived by
their blackmail and media trial.

Governor Fayose said
“The EFCC should be told in clear
terms that this is 2016 and not
2006 when impeachment notices
against governors were signed on
the table of EFCC operatives.

Those who are teleguiding the
EFCC now should also be
reminded that they did more than
what they are doing now in 2006,
yet I was overwhelmingly voted
for by the Ekiti people eight years
after the orchestrated
impeachment which the Supreme
Court declared illegal.

The governor asked;

“Should Nigerians now conclude
that EFCC is an appendage of
APC? Is the EFCC for investigation
of corrupt practices among all
Nigerians or members of
opposition parties alone?”

The governor said;

“As at today, I have not been
accused of stealing a dime from
Ekiti treasury. EFCC has not also
said that Ekiti money was stolen
and that my election was funded
with Ekiti State money.”

Accusing the EFCC of carrying out
the APC agenda to force him out
of office as was done in 2006, the
governor said; “It is sad that
some politicians from Ekiti State
now resume and close in EFCC
offices in Lagos and Abuja and
we wonder whether those
politicians have now taken over
the job of EFCC.”

He maintained that he will
continue to speak his mind on
issues affecting Nigerians and can
never be cowed, saying;

“Nigerians are suffering. States
can no longer pay workers salary,
a litre of kerosene is now N220, a
bag of rice is now N20,000 and
some people will sit in
Presidential Villa and expect that
all of us should keep silent? That’s
not possible!

“No amount of media trial by
agents of the Buhari-led APC
government will make me to stop
baring my mind on the
cluelessness of the Federal
Government.”