Seems the governor of Ekiti might have shifted his backlash a little bit away from President Muhammadu Buhari and moved on to his next target, former President Olusegun Obasanjo. However criticism against Obasanjo by Fayose isn’t new to Nigerians.
After the declaration of the departure of Olusegun Obasanjo from PDP before the March presidential elections, Mr Fayose
bought front page advertisements in some national newspapers
celebrating the exit of Mr. Obasanjo, whom he described
as “the troubler and tormentor” of the party.
In an advert previously, Fayose called for Mr Obasanjo’s dismissal from the party, arguing that his relentless criticism of former President Goodluck Jonathan and his mingling with opposition leaders. “Congratulation on Obasanjo’s exit! Obasanjo, the troubler and tormentor of our party is gone,” the advert announced.
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State says he is more politically important than former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Fayose who is the number one citizen of Ekiti believes he holds more power than Obasanjo who “goes to Abuja to beg President Muhammadu Buhari for political favours.”
The governor in a Press conference on Sunday at lagos said, “I was governor without a godfather. I was governor for three years but Obasanjo took me out. Obasanjo is now an expired man today and I am still more than relevant. He is expired. He goes to Aso Rock every week to go and beg.
“How many times did Buhari visit him (Obasanjo) when he was President? Buhari did not go to Aso Rock throughout. He didn’t even go for Council of State meetings. What is Obasanjo looking for in the Villa? A man of 80! What is he looking for?
“He keeps writing to Presidents to nominate ministers for them. That was Goodluck Jonathan’s offence. Enough is enough.”
Fayose said the All Progressive Congress APC led government had tried to remove him as the governor of Ekiti state, even going through a supreme court proceedingup but has consistently failed and that he had discovered a plot by the President to remove him from office. He went further to categorically say that if he is removed from office against the wishes of the Ekiti people, Buhari led government will be ‘brought down’
He said the International community which includes international observers in the elections and the United Nations has declared the 2014 Ekiti gubernatorial election free and fair and he won because the people voted for him and from the Peoples Democracy Party.
He also made reference to the 2015 National and House of Assembly elections, the Peoples Democratic Party won all the seats which showed that the PDP was popular in Ekiti State.
He said, “The APC and the President are the ones behind this. That military panel was selected to do a hatchet job. The same military handled the elections in Ekiti and Osun states. Why are they singling out Ekiti? The PDP won in Ekiti while the APC won in Osun and heaven did not fall.”
“I am going places, I have history to make. I am going higher and higher. The very day Buhari’s administration faces me, his government will come down. I am a child of destiny,” he said.
Fayose blames the setting up of the Nigerian Army’s Board of Inquiry which was to investigate alleged malpractices and involvement of its personnel in the 2014 Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections.
