Former member of the House of
Representatives, Hon Bamidele Faparusi, has told Governor Ayodele Fayose to
stop his attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari and face the business of
governance.
Faparusi, in a statement
yesterday in Ado Ekiti, said the governor is dragging the name of Ekiti State
in the mud through his consistent attacks on President Buhari while governance
under him had suffered colossal damage and entrenched beggary in the state.
The chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) said this in reaction to Fayose’s vituperation
against Buhari, in which he said he cannot be intimidated by anyone in view of
his consistent criticism of the federal government.
The ex-federal lawmaker said he
was surprised that Fayose, who had allegedly employed intimidation, coercion
and harassment of the opposition APC as a strategy to win elections could turn
around and accuse the president of planning to destabilise his government.
“In the build-up to the 2015 general
elections, Fayose chased all the 26 House of Assembly members away while also
running after the state chairman, Chief Jide Awe and over 300 influential
members of our party over trumped-up charges using the police.
“Even in his own party, those
seen not loyal to him were being intimidated or expelled from the party. Does
Fayose’s allegation have any strand of believability?” Faparusi asked.
He said the governor, whom he
alleged believed in political thuggery and brigandage, lacks the moral right to
accuse anyone of intimidation or having sinister plan against his government
that has inflicted untold hardship and fostered disunity among Ekiti indigenes.
Faparusi, who stated that every
discerning Nigerian knows that Buhari had exhibited unwavering commitment to
good governance and rapid change in the political system of the country, said:
“It is ironical that Fayose is talking about intimidation, while in the
contrary, had dedicated 80% of his time to intimidate opposition in Ekiti. The
governor should know that he remains the least of Buhari’s problems. Sinners,
they say, run when no one pursues.
“Nigerians should know by now
that Fayose’s barbaric nature does not represent the values Ekiti people stand
for and, therefore, should not take any of his utterances serious as his
illogical and vague criticism of Mr President is just aimed at wanting to be in
the news all the time and unfortunately, for the wrong reasons.
“APC cannot on its own effect the
desired change in Nigeria without the contributions of all Nigerians, home and
abroad, hence the willingness of the party to embrace genuine and responsible
criticisms from sincere Nigerians and not from infantile individuals like
Fayose.
“I am not surprised that Fayose
has not achieved anything for almost one year at the helm of affairs in Ekiti,
because he did not promise Ekiti people anything in the first place while
campaigning.
“We will no longer tolerate his
continued dragging of Ekiti’s towering image in the mud.
We owe it a collective struggle
to ensure that Ekiti keeps its record as the most educated and sophisticated
state in Nigeria and we won’t fold our arms and allow an opportunist to
derogate the image that had taken years to build”.
He however, maintained that the
Federal Government won’t hesitate to deploy every constitutional means in
dealing with him(Fayose) if he abuses the oath of office he promised to uphold.
“Therefore, we want to assure
that no one will chase Fayose out of office, except himself. His case has
always been that of a sinner runneth when no one pursueth. He should face
governance and stop the
looting of our commonwealth to
Dubai, with these, he won’t have any reason to fear”, Faparusi said.
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