The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has carpeted President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that many of those who looted public treasury in the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan had started returning the stolen funds to the government, saying the president should rather stay at home to govern the country instead of junketing around the globe and “acting like a saint” before the international community.
The governor challenged the president to tell Nigerians how much was returned and the looters who returned the stolen funds, adding that “since the purported looted funds belong to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it ought to have been paid into the Federation Account and shared by the Federal, State and Local Government”.
The Ekiti governor’s spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday that Governor Fayose advised President Buhari to tackle the collapsed economy of the country headlong instead of going from one country to another, casting aspersion on Nigerians with his “sing-song of fighting corruption”.
He said the president’s attitude was yet to change from that of 1984 when he was military Head of State.
“Buhari’s statement in Tehran, Iran that it was easier for him as a military Head of State in 1984 to arrest corrupt individuals and put them in protective custody was a pointer to the fact that he has not changed from the dictator that he was then,” Mr. Fayose said.
“The truth is that Buhari did not fight corruption in 1984. Rather, he persecuted great Nigerians, especially the likes Chief Adekunle Ajasin, Chief Ambrose Ali, Chief Bisi Onabanjo, Alhaji Lateef Jakande and Chief Bola Ige, who served the people meritoriously.
“Is Buhari justifying the imprisonment of Dr Alex Ekwueme, who was only the Vice President or All Progressives Congress (APC) leader like Chief Bisi Akande, who only served as a Deputy Governor?”
While urging the president to stop acting like the sole administrator of Nigeria and the only honest man among Nigerians, Governor Fayose said “Nigerians are desirous of concrete developments, not rhetoric about fight against corruption that is only being used to persecute perceived political enemies of the president both in the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, and within the APC”.
“As at today, Nigerians are faced with serious hardship occasioned by prolonged fuel scarcity that the Federal Government does not have any solution to. Multinational companies are laying-off thousands of workers while contractors working for the Federal Government have left their sites. Yet, what we get to hear from the president is noise in foreign lands about non-existing fight against corruption.
“Honestly, this president should get to work and stop lying to Nigerians and the international community,” he said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Tell him sir. It's such a shame that he goes around to other countries washing his country,s dirty linen in the public to the amusement of senior world leaders who would be wondering the kind of inferiority complex the black man has. Obama does not castigate Americans in Kenya nor Ethiopia.
ReplyDeleteI concur with Fayose. Why will somebody return stolen money and you allow him to walk away? If truly they return looted funds. How is he sure the money returned is all they stole? Buhari should step up as President and stop the jamboree of power. Traveling always without any aims and achievement. Get these looters arrested for questioning. Jail and persecute any one found guilty. Nigerians are tired of media news of we shall, I shall, the govt will. All to nothing.
ReplyDeleteFayose I respect you.
DeleteListen to your self. Where were you when this thieves stole the money? Money you never have the knowledge of under your father(jonathan) administration. But now you want to know the percentage been returned. Olodo buruku
DeleteI pity you Fayose for talking rubbished. Your cup will soon full oooooo. Better go and clean your yellow funking teeth.
DeleteThis tout is at it again bunch of controversial nonentities. I'll vote Buhari's statue over ur good for nothing GEJ ur hero. Everything is about attack with these wailers. Tueh!
ReplyDeleteEmilia you will soon be invited for husband/wife chart by APC member soon. Fine yellow girl! I guess you lack man and home training for calling Goodluck good for nothing. Tue end will tell for you.
DeleteEmilia,why not tackle d point fayose made,dan insulting someone old enuf to be ur father...its unlady like...it's a simple tin,if looted funds are been returned,they shuld tell us the people returning them,or dont u tink Nigerians have the right to know the individuals that stole there money??please speak with caution and decorum,dat is what is expected of a lady...
DeleteIs Emilia a lady or a man?...... Na transgender o.... She is NOT a woman, if she is, she won't be talking like touts.... Lol.
Delete@anonymous 6:17pm, I can assure you that the said Emilia is a tout himself. faking identity of a female and yeebo but I tell you he's a yorobar.
DeleteFayose is just not a yoruba man. No respect for elders. Well not surprised. A man that has no respect gir his mother should not be expected to extend respect to his mother's age mate. Hebis just not properly brought up.
ReplyDeleteFayose u are a fool God punish you, you are the big liar PDP are the cause of the serious hardship nigerian faced today you are mad
ReplyDeleteFayose said buhari should 'tackle the collapsed economy' . finally he has agreed that PDP collapsed d economy. Self indictment when u have a tout as a gov. What do u expect. Behaving as if he had issues with buhari in his dream...
ReplyDeleteI have always wonder if Fayose is alright, but. Now I have confirm he's deeply insane and some mad fellow out there are about joining he's club. So Buahri should mention the looetrs name so as to take them to court and waste our precious time again and at the end they will claim they have cancer...
ReplyDeleteRubbish point,from an illetrate I guess...does cancer stops anyone from been prosecuted???my friend shut d hell up if u have notin meaningful to emit from ur bucer cavity...the truth is that ur buhari should start prosecuting these thieves,that will show Nigerians that the fight against corruption is real and not a mirage...
DeleteBastard! I believe the best in your village can't reason right. If not that you are a dump ass why would you fail to see that cancer claims has halt Alison Madueke trial in london...you don't even deserve to use cell phone cuz your brain products are obsolete. Bush meat
DeletePlanning to buy a Dog next week and am short of name for it..but Think that name Fayose will suit it well. Afterall he reason like dogs
ReplyDeleteFowlose, the army will soon tell the whole truth about how they aided in smuggling you into Ekiti govt house in the 2014 Ekitigate guber election as the so called governor. You should not be talking to my hearing becos you are not a credible personae due to the process that brought you was not credible and now under scrutiny. Therefore, you are not counted among the reputable Nigerian governors. Don't just try to be smart with this your childish and animistic behaviour. The era of your criminal type has gone with that dark ages of your inept and corrupt president and fraudulent company called pdpigs. We have over grown your antics, so, your counseling is not needed in this govt.
ReplyDeleteDid the army also smuggle in all the Senators and House of Assembly members in the latter election?
DeleteFellow sincere and patriotic Nigerians.
ReplyDeleteEven though a man has the right to express himself in which ever way he wants just as Governor Fayose is busy doing. However, I am of the strong opinion that we should not be dignifying is stupidity by commenting on is rather myopic and senselessly ignorant statements.
The more I read statements attributed to Governor Fayose, the more it reminds me of a highly irresponsible man I knew in my younger days. The man in question was always drunk and making senseless statements just like these ones. Governor Fayose statements are nothing but Beer Parlour jests and talks. It should not be treated with any sense of seriousness by anyone.
It's really a shame that someone like this should ever be in the Corridors of Power let alone be a State Governor.
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This man is simply saying the truth and yet people Like "Emilia and Adebayo and Anonymous" are busy insulting him. Fayose is a real man who speaks out cos he has nothing to hide. If people are returning money, let the president tell us who they are and how much. And Nigerians are tired of hearing information about the country whenever the President is away. For the likes Emilia and co, let's not be myopic and sentimental, leaders need to be challenged. Amaechi once said that we steal bcos people don't throw stones at us but celebrate us. Fayose's argument is on point and needs constructive answer not insulting him. We need such men like him in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteGood Fayose , Let him tell us the name of those people that return the money and how much the return ? Because we all are Nigeria let us hear the good news ,
ReplyDeleteNigeria eye, why wasting your time on people life Fayose. For me, he is just an attention seeker.
ReplyDeleteGo and learn how to speak English before u comment on this platform...
DeleteFayose is now PDP spokesperson. If he is not abusing Buhari, he is sharing 2 cups of rice to some clueless people. Fayose is mentally challenged .
ReplyDeleteGreat and audacious men like fayose are few in Yoruba land.
ReplyDeleteAll of you that are castigating fayose are big time fools, you hate the truth, since you're all deaf,dumbs and blinds, wait sooner or later it will dawn on you, then you will vanish and never to be seen or heard here. Continue in your stupidity, the truth is always very bitter.
ReplyDeleteBuhari respect Nigeria law. The court will decide the case of accused persons. An accused person has to be proven guilty in a competent court before the government can publish their names. That shows the ignorance of Fayose.
ReplyDeleteWhat other proof do u want again?he said some people are already returning looted funds,we want names and amount returned so far
DeleteWhat other proof do u want again?he said some people are already returning looted funds,we want names and amount returned so far
DeleteHaven gone through Fayose's statement i must say that those of you who criticize him are either blind to the truth or unecessarilly biased in your thinking. Fayose has much points in what he is saying...Simple
ReplyDeleteI know fayose was smuggled into power and he is a tout, and he's not a likeable person, but he has some sprinkles of sense in what he's saying. Buhari said the federal government was trying to get more evidence to send the looters to court. If someone returns a stolen money, what other evidence do you need? That's proof enough that the person actually stole the money. If the monies are actually being returned, then he should tell us how much was returned, who returned it, and then send the person to court. The money belongs to nigerians, so nigerians ought to know the truth. There should be transparency.
ReplyDeleteBuhari traveling here and there at a moment where $1 = N230, at a moment where the electricity condition has deteriorated even more, where there's fuel scarcity, there state governors can't pay their workers, where there are still series of explosions going on from the boko guys,...it just isn't sensible of him! He could be represented by the Vice President in those meetings, or he could humbly decline for reasons of him first putting off the fire in his country.
Fayose should concentrate on how to develop Ekiti state and pay salary that his administration is holding.
ReplyDeleteIf only Fayose could channel all d efforts he uses to attack Buhari to governing his state, Ekiti will be much better. Is he d only governor in dis country that he attacks Buhari and his government on a daily basis despite the glaring facts that PDP put this country in the state we are today. Nothing to show for it order than looting our treasury yet Fayose runs his dirty mouth everyday. I'm completely ashamed of him.
ReplyDeleteNa God go punish a this APC and Buhari supports. For supporting the useless act of PMB. Fayose is just trying to make u all see what is going on behind the scene and u all are here talking nonsense. U as a Nigerian what have u benefited from the traveling and visitation of PMB. Mind u, PMB spend millions of naira whatever he travel out of this country (Feeding, accommodation, security etc). I don't know about u all, but I think it's high time he start to do things that wi effect the change he promised Nigerians
ReplyDeleteI beleive GMB will ruin Nigeria before his 4year expires. Jobs are lost massively, 90% youths unemployed!! Now if you want people to invest in Nigeria which is what we despirately need now the stock market can attest to that fact you tell them your economic blue print. Yes we have challenges but this is my solution to the CRISSES!!!! Lasbery P/H
ReplyDeletethese people castigating fayose did u even read what he said at all? who returned the stolen fund? why playdown nigeria among international community? sort out the looming fuel crises that is biting hard on the common ningeria?
ReplyDeletewhat has he done wrong apc sycophants?
It is quite a pity that we are once again promoting bad leadership, the earlier we raise alarm against the stagnant leadership of the present administration, the better for us. The time of propaganda is over, propaganda brought u to power but propaganda can not fix our country, it cannot grow our economy, nor stop fuel scarcity, let alone boost investment. I love the courage of Gov. Fayose, whether u hate him or love him, history will always refer to his courageousness in the face of impunity in our country. In less than 7 months as a president, PMB have already toured the whole continent. where are we going from here. WE NEED CHANGE. "TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS EXPECTED"
ReplyDeleteFayose is a complete fool. He has no respect for elders. How can he be calling the president of the whole nation a liar. Fayose is one of those that loot the country treasury. Let Fayose tell the whole world how he manage the poultry farm he spent billions of naira on during his first regime in Ekiti. The queston to ask Fayose now is to find out whether is a governor or commissioner for information in Ekiti. Fayose you are seriously disgracing us in Ekiti. You are put in Ekiti as a governor to manage the affairs of state not to be running your mouth on what does not concern you. I am very sure hand of law will soon catch you to give details account of how you are spending our money on all these unnecessary propaganda on news paper. You should sit up in Ekiti and do something tangible and stop making noise.
ReplyDeleteHe's not making noise. If money was returned it should reflect in the federation account which should be shared between FG and the states. So Fayose being a gov out to know how much is returned and how it should be shared among states in accordance with the law. If money is returned to FG purse and a gov don't know about it then I doubt if any money is returned or it was returned to Buhari family alone
DeleteIs there anything wrong for a man to ask for details of what Mr president have said.. I see nothing wrong from what Fayose have said, You told us that Looters have started returning the money they stole but U forget to tell Nigerians how much they return and who are those pple.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why we like to protect the image and names of evil people in the country..
How can the president tell you the names of those returning the monies they looted. That means nobody will return monies again, can't you see?
ReplyDeleteFayose is busy castigating the president, is that his job? He is a governor of a state, he should leave the criticism of the president to PDP central office and face his problems in Ekiti state.
I really do not respect Fayose views or criticism of this government anyway because he is not a credible person to do so based on the corrupt way he rode to the corridor of power. He is just looking for cheap publicity and I even like the way the presidency is ignoring him anyway.
If can't tell us who returned money he should at least tell us how much. Cos the money out to be paid back into the federation account meant to be shared among d FG and state govt
DeleteAll those castigating Fayose, 're myopic in mind and soul
ReplyDeleteIt's needless arguing wt a fanatic cos his brain is blocked to common sense and reasoning. Some of you are paid and would rather lie no matter how glaring the truth is just for pecuniary gains. My prayer for you is that may the truth forsake you at the very point of your need. May you seek the truth and never find.
ReplyDeleteThis boy is crying before his time. All his noises are preambles to his trial for rigging elections that will be followed by flushing him out of the office by the grace of Almighty God.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Ekiti State, i strongly believed that the elderly and responsible great men and women must talk to this boy. He is behaving as a rogue that had no proper upbringing.
For or Against, I have to commend all of u for your contributions. But above all,Pres. Buhari should be bold and dignified enough to rebuff d allegations levied against him. As events are unfolding, we are watching.
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