Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, yesterday took on President
Muhammadu Buhari, reiterating that he will not do well in office.
He also said Buhari had not withdrawn from dictatorial tendencies.
In an interview with online newspaper, Premium Times, in Ado-Ekiti
over the weekend, he maintained that as the longest-serving governor in
the country, he remains a force to reckon with and anyone who ignores
him will be doings so at his peril.
The governor declared that any plots to impeach him as governor
would not work because his experiences had made him understand the
dynamics of governance better than during his first term.
Besides, those experiences made him set the record as the only
governor who returned to office 12 years after being disgraced out and
detained for 45 days at Ikoyi Prisons on trumped-up allegations.
According to Fayose, he would not join the bandwagon of those who
changed their post-2015 language and position simply because Buhari won
the election, stressing that all he said as at then were propelled by
facts at his disposal and which remained sacrosanct.
Said he: “I told Nigerians that they should not vote for Buhari and
that Buhari will not do well. My name is Ayo Fayose. He will not do
well. That is why I told you Buhari is a dictator; he can never lead a
people or a government without being dictatorial. In Nigerian politics I
only say the truth.
“I am not afraid of him. The power of Buhari is not more than you
go and lock somebody up. I am not afraid of him. I am not in the
calibre of politicians who are saying, ‘ah don’t let me die oh! Don’t
let my mother die oh! I am not in that category. Most noble men today
have gone underground for fear of the unknown.
“The same thing we were telling Obasanjo that time. We said
Obasanjo was a dictator. Obasanjo consumed most of them who were
promoting him that time. I have never minced words, before the
campaign.
“I am not a sycophant to say that it was after Buhari became
president that I started praising or talking against him. I started
from day one.
“I was 24 years old when Buhari was head of state of Nigeria. We
were daily beaten in Ibadan when we queued up for essential commodities.
“I remember how he stopped import duties and did a lot of things
damaging to the economy, the same way he is still doing it today. I have
said it clearly that any attempt to confront me and attack my
government will bring Buhari’s government down.
“My name is Ayo Fayose, I mean every word I am saying. I am salt.
He should be mindful of me. I am not a coward. Call me controversial if
you like. Men that will make history will be very controversial.
Courageous people will be controversial.
“I am not impressed. I am not impressed. Buhari administration has
shown the hallmark of a very vindictive leader. Part of the hallmark of
a good leader is to be able to rally everybody in times like this.
“Look back. Jonathan was magnanimous. He could have said I am a
sitting president and cause the country headache, but he did not do
that. He willingly relinquished power because of the overall interest
of the country.
“Instead, Buhari is coming to vilify everybody. You begin to do
factional pursuance of the fight against corruption. It doesn’t work
like that.
“Go and look at Buhari’s antecedent. I stand to be corrected. We
know that the rate at which Buhari is going, he is going to destroy this
country. There is no hiding place for dictators”
Source:BreakingTimes
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