Ekiti
State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that President Mohammadu Buhari
was using an equally corrupt Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to
stamp out corruption in Nigeria, insisting that the President must start the
corruption fight from his party and immediate aides since charity begins from
home.The governor said:
“EFCC
opinions remain their opinions and if they are so sure of whatever information
they have, they should go to court and stop subjecting Nigerians to media trial
and that no amount of media trial from the same elements that orchestrated my
removal in 2006 can erode my popularity among Ekiti people."
He
said any property that may be linked to him or his company was bought
legitimately and his properties were duly declared in his assets declaration
form and sources of such funds were not illicit.
In
a release issued on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to the Governor on
Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, maintained that his
election was funded by Zenith Bank as well as donations from friends and
associates, adding that;
"As
a promising candidate of my party, I cannot stop Nigerians from supporting my
election like every other candidates of other political, including President
Buhari."
He
said since the money he got for his election was from legitimate sources and
not from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) as being concocted,
how the money was spent remained his own business and not that of anyone.
The
governor also debunked the reported allegation by the EFCC that he received
bribe from any contractor in Ekiti; saying; "if they have anything against
me, they should keep their gun powder dry.
"Because
in 2006 when they took me to court, their allegations crumbled like pack of
cards because court decisions are founded on facts and law, and not on media
trial as currently being done by the EFCC as teleguided by the APC in their
desperation to set the people against me knowing fully that they are not on
ground."
He
added:
"having
failed to buy the conscience of Ekiti House of Assembly members, the APC people
have become increasingly afraid of 2018 and that the agencies of the Federal
Government should know that no matter how hard they try, Ekiti electorate will
not be deceived by their blackmail and media trial.
Governor
Fayose said
“The
EFCC should be told in clear terms that this is 2016 and not 2006 when
impeachment notices against governors were signed on the table of EFCC
operatives. Those who are teleguiding the EFCC now should also be reminded that
they did more than what they are doing now in 2006, yet I was overwhelmingly
voted for by the Ekiti people eight years after the orchestrated impeachment
which the Supreme Court declared illegal.
The
governor asked;
"Should
Nigerians now conclude that EFCC is an appendage of APC? Is the EFCC for
investigation of corrupt practices among all Nigerians or members of opposition
parties alone?"
The
governor said;
“As
at today, I have not been accused of stealing a dime from Ekiti treasury. EFCC
has not also said that Ekiti money was stolen and that my election was funded
with Ekiti State money."
Accusing
the EFCC of carrying out the APC agenda to force him out of office as was done
in 2006, the governor said; “It is sad that some politicians from Ekiti State
now resume and close in EFCC offices in Lagos and Abuja and we wonder whether
those politicians have now taken over the job of EFCC.”
He
maintained that he will continue to speak his mind on issues affecting
Nigerians and can never be cowed, saying;
"Nigerians
are suffering. States can no longer pay workers salary, a litre of kerosene is
now N220, a bag of rice is now N20,000 and some people will sit in Presidential
Villa and expect that all of us should keep silent? That's not possible!
"No
amount of media trial by agents of the Buhari-led APC government will make me
to stop baring my mind on the cluelessness of the Federal Government."
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