The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti
State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of conducting himself in a
manner that threatens national security.
It said the governor’s recent utterances
and actions suggested acts of sabotage targeted at rendering national
institutions ineffective to perform their statutory roles for effective
government.
The state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo
Olatunbosun, said in a statement on Monday that Fayose’s unguided
statements had exposed him as a man fighting a lone battle against the
Federal Government.
He alleged that Fayose was nursing
selfish motives to put millions of Nigerians in jeopardy of instability
in an already tottering economy.
“We have heard of reports of Governor
Fayose inciting the people to stone the operatives of the DSS anywhere
they are seen. This is besides saying many unprintable things about the
President (Muhammadu Buhari), such as saying that he would soon die and
declaring the Director General of DSS, Lawal Musa Daura, person non
grata in Ekiti State.
“It is regrettable that Fayose cannot
separate his personal views as a man constantly at war with the Nigerian
law from the views of lawful Ekiti people, who are ready to submit
themselves to the Nigerian law where the rule of law and good governance
flourish,” he said.
Accusing the governor of running a
government built on his personal image, the APC spokesman said this
misconception had “robbed Ekiti people the quality leadership with the
right mindset to see governance beyond the prism of self-glorification.”
“This failure to see governance beyond
personal appeal of the governor has cost our state good governance for
the development of our people and her deserved place of honour in this
country.
“Governor Fayose is overwhelmed with
promoting cloudy characters, with several alleged crimes hanging on
their necks far above Ekiti academic pride of the century, Ayodele Dada,
who bagged the best graduating student award at the University of Lagos
with a record 5.0 GPA.
“We are not surprised at the governor’s
beatification of crime in this instance, because you can only give what
you have and gold is usually sold to the person who knows its value.
That is why Fayose would prefer to celebrate thugs and roughnecks to
celebrating Ekiti golden boy that has put Ekiti State on the map of
academic honour at the University of Lagos.”
Olatunbosun urged Nigerians not to be
misled by Fayose’s many lies against the agencies of government in the
prosecution of alleged crimes by him and his supporters, regretting that
many Nigerians with scant knowledge of the governor’s politics had been
deceived into believing the stories of an alleged invasion of the House
of Assembly by the DSS to abduct the lawmakers.
“Besides suborning the staff of the
Assembly to lie against the DSS by presenting purported spent bullets,
there is no evidence to show the world that the DSS actually invaded
Ekiti House of Assembly after police report on the matter and evidence
by workers proved that there was no invasion of the Assembly by the
DSS,” Olatunbosun explained.
He urged security agencies to pay more
attention to the governor by putting him under close watch to forestall
his threat to Buhari’s government.
But reacting through his Chief Press
Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose said he would not take issue with the
APC since President Buhari had personally apologised to Nigerians over
his “inadequacies.”
He said, “And we told him (Buhari) he
should go beyond mere apology and address the lapses and provide
sensible, responsible government and dividend of democracy to Nigerians
who voted for him.
“The Ekiti State APC is crying more than
the bereaved. Governor Fayose has no apology for criticising obnoxious
policies of President Buhari. The statement of the APC has proved the
collaboration between the DSS and the APC. Or at what point does the APC
become the spokesperson and defender for the DSS? The APC and DSS are
toothless and reckless.”
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