By Debo Popoola
The All Progressive Congress in Ekiti state has advised President Buhari to put the governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, under security watch following his recent tirades of unguarded utterances against the presidency and the DSS. The party described Fayose as a chatterbox whose aim is to incite the people of Ekiti state against the Federal Government and the DSS, to create crisis so that his ego will be glorified.
According to a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Taiwo Olatunbosun:
“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, such as that he (Buhari) would soon die, and declaring the DG of DSS, Lawal Musa Daura personal 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.”
The party said that Fayose’s recent ceremonious welcome of Akanni Afolabi, a member of Ekiti state’s house of assembly who was detained in DSS custody over corruption allegations, and his overtly disregarding disposition towards Ayodele Dada, the record breaking Ekiti state’s born UNILAG graduate, who set a milestone in Nigeria’s academic history, shows that Fayose enjoys celebrating mediocrity over excellence.
The statement reads: “This failure to see governance beyond personal appeal of the governor is costing our state good governance for the development of our people and her deserved place of honour in this country. That is why the governor is wasting state resources on helicopter charter to ferry an accused person, Akanni Afolabi, from Abuja to Ekiti after which he took six pages of several newspapers on frivolous adverts to publish court records on the accused’s bail application and topped it with the donation of a new car to same Akanni, who is still under investigation over several criminal cases.
“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 the Ekiti golden boy that has put Ekiti State on the map of academic honour at the University of Lagos.”
