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He also said Buhari had not withdrawn from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 be
cause 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:- Breaking Times
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