The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has noted that he has reported the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) on the imminent reign of impunity by APC as from May 29, stressing that there is an alleged threat by the party to make Ekiti state ungovernable.
“In alerting the international community on what to expect from May 29 as regards the threat by the APC to make Ekiti ungovernable, I have decided to put on notice the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) on the imminent reign of impunity by APC as from May 29.
“Since Ekiti people are certain to resist the planned plundering of their land, Nigerians and the world at large should know who to hold responsible in the event of anarchy in Ekiti State in particular and the entire Yorubaland,” he noted in a press statement.
Read full statement below:
It has become imperative once again to address the media on the constitutional and political crises being foisted on our dear State, Ekiti by irritants of unbridled ambitions, who are not only devoid of spirit of sportsmanship but implacable even when all odds are against them and roundly rejected by the good people of the state.
It is no longer news that I defeated an incumbent governor in all the 16 Local Government Areas in the State and that for the first time in the history of Nigeria, attempts were made to use the courts to prevent someone who clearly won a governorship election from assuming office.
Since June 21, 2014 that the All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered that humiliating defeat, the party has suffered defeats in the entire local government areas in Ekiti State in four other elections, the latest being the House of Assembly election in which APC won no single seat out of the 26 seats.
Ekiti people have been persistent in their preference for me and my party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to correct the ills of the last four years and set the State on the path of greatness.'
Despite that Ekiti people have consistently spoken with their votes against the APC, Nigerians are witnesses to the litany of illegalities being woven by both the national leadership of the party and its Ekiti State chapter, all in an attempt to rob Ekiti people of the mandate freely given to me.
Despite receiving bloodied nose in both the political and judicial arena in the hands of the Ekiti masses as represented by me, these desperate politicians are unrelenting in their shenanigans, the latest being the information at my disposal that even after May 29, the state would not know peace.
I however trust Ekiti people to do what is right in securing peace in their land.
I have been severally informed that I became the prime demolition target of the APC national leadership because of my overt and unalloyed support for President Goodluck Jonathan during the campaigns.
Insiders in their party also told me that APC leaders were also yet to get over the fact that in the entire South-West, Ekiti was the only state they could not “rob” for General Mohammed Buhari (rtd). The eagle-eyed surveillance of Ekiti people ensured that.
I wish to declare unequivocally that I remain loyal to President Jonathan even after May 29 as my support for his re-election and administration was not about bread-and-butter. I was convinced he was moving Nigeria in the right direction, despite all the noise. I have no regrets supporting him. If same situation presents itself again, I would do it all over.
Let me state It clearly that if President Jonathan is deserted by all Nigerians today, I, Ayodele Fayose, would remain with him. I have chosen to be his last-man standing.
If for this show of loyalty to Mr President and my party, APC and its leaders believe that the best way to pay me back is to make Ekiti ungovernable, the decision on appropriate reaction belongs to the people, whose mandate I keep in trust.
It is ironic that those who said worse things about the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) when they were in opposing parties, are the ones milling around him today, using him as an electoral talisman and demonizing us for saying things of lesser magnitude during a campaign that was mainly characterized by hate-messages from both divides.
I also want to put on record that if all PDP members decamp to APC today, I will remain the last-man standing for the party, even as I have no cause to denigrate the office of the president.
I also promise APC a robust and engaging opposition both in the South-West, and nationally, with me playing a prominent role.
Let me again state that I will continue to seek peace with my traducers and troublers of Ekiti.
Since the Supreme Court judgement which held my 2006 impeachment as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect, my preachings have been peace. This is to see if a hand of fellowship as urged by elders in the state and the nation at large would bring sanity to the opposition camp. It definitely has nothing to do with cowardice; as Ekiti is a land of the brave.
In alerting the international community on what to expect from May 29 as regards the threat by the APC to make Ekiti ungovernable, I have decided to put on notice the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) on the imminent reign of impunity by APC as from May 29.
Since Ekiti people are certain to resist the planned plundering of their land, Nigerians and the world at large should know who to hold responsible in the event of anarchy in Ekiti State in particular and the entire Yorubaland.
God bless our land.
Ayo Fayose,
Governor, Ekiti State
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The guilty are afraid. Because you have no where to run to due to your lack of home training in the way you talk to the elders, that's why you are afraid what might befall you after may 29. You just started you never see anything.
ReplyDeleteAyo Omofayose u are capital fool, mumum, you wil see won, because u are useless Gov. You jamula talk too much, go to lCC, God will shortop ur mouth.
ReplyDeleteO boy, u. Can't even make a correct sentence in English. See who is talking to fayose. APC is a party of tyrants. If they loose, they will say it's rigging. But if they win, they will say it's free and fair.
DeleteFayose, you were the one that disturbed the bees nest, and now crying when you have not received any sting from the bees. You sown to the wind and be prepared to be blown away...Bam Bam
ReplyDeleteOmode to ju oko Lu iroko to wa n boju weyin , Oojo ki iroko too gbesan.
ReplyDeleteWhen you and PDP reigned with your 'impunity' by accepting seven legislators to impeach a Speaker, it was normal. You never see something.
ReplyDeleteFayose you are a man....my names are odu ifeanyichukwu (odu_ifeanyi@yahoo.con)from ebonyi central federal constituency, Ebonyi state..and my loyalty and that of my constituency and my state will remain with PDP, this I say with no apology...God bless us all
ReplyDeleteFayose you are a man
ReplyDeleteWe should not throw caution to the wind. Let's be sincere to ourselves and say things they way they really are irrespective of our party affiliations. APC should learn to accept defeat because it is very impossible for them to win the whole state, after all the only difference between the party and PDP is just Buhari. Both parties are just one and same 6 and half a dozen in structure and personality. Gov Fayose has won the same way and manner the whole winning in this election took place and his mandate should be respected. Let not the pot call the kettle black
ReplyDeletethe issue is not really about his victory, it all about his utterance during the campaign and actions against the Judges, the speaker, the 19 APC Lawmakers he inherited. How can he chase away 19 and decided to work with 7? How can he send tugs to beat up a sitting Judge? How can he close down the speakers business just bcos he was the Gov? You should be fare in your comment. If nothing is done, another person maybe in APC might even try that some day.
Deletewhy are you afraid? When you were mud slinging and rubble rousing by sponsoring death advertorials on the national dailies and campaigns of calumny on NTA and AIT; you did not see the need to call the international community for intervention against threat to our national unity, because you have GEJ right? Now that power has changed hand you are wailing over yet to be identified threat by APC. Fayose you are a nicompoop and a definition of cowardice. I guess you are in a delirious dilemma.
ReplyDeleteCome may 29th, I will be watching this space. Those who call fayose a man now like they did Jonathan, we will be watching. The cold winds of reality just started blowing, fayose will soon learn how left in the cold he is like Jonathan realised a little too late.
ReplyDeleteFayose ti fayo foooo. Lo batan. Epa ko boro mo, Omoye Fayose ti rinhoho woja. Fayose needs to be begging & prostrating by now; if not................................ Only God's miracle can bail him out, if at all.
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