Fayose Reveals Why He Won't Stop Attacks On PMB
23rd Jan. 2016
Ayodele Fayose, the governor of the Ekiti state, in the interview granted to the Premium Times speaks about his government, President Muhammadu Buhari and many others issues.
The governor reveals why he won’t stop the attacks on the incumbent government.
He said: “You see, the power of Buhari is not more than to kill somebody. He can send soldiers to you to come and kill you but people will know that the killing is not normal. It must be a high-wired killing.”
Fayose further added that he is not afraid of Buhari.
“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 o! Don’t let my mother die o,! You don’t take the inheritance of your father if you are not sure you are ready to take it. I am not in that category,” the governor noted.
“Most noble men today have gone underground for fear of the unknown. And in times like this, when you train a lion, when you keep a lion in your family house, those of you promoting that lion will end up in his stomach one day. 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.”
He also recalled Buhari’s military regime: “I was 24 years old when Buhari was head of state of Nigeria. We were daily being beaten in Ibadan when we queued up for essential commodities. I remembered how he stopped import duties and did a lot of things damaging to the economy, the same way he is still doing it today. God raised Joseph at a given time.
“God raised Moses to warn Pharaoh of the consequences of his leadership, until he perished. 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. As powerful as God has made the snail, he warned the snail to beware of salt. God gave the snail a protected shield behind him and told him to crawl all over the world, but warned him to be mindful of salt. I am salt. He should be mindful of me. It doesn’t matter his might, we have seen presidents before. We were here when Obasanjo was here. We were here when other presidents came and we will still be here when he will leave.
“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. The bible makes it very clear that the righteous will be as bold as a lion,” Governor Fayose concluded.
The Ekiti state governor is famous for his criticism against the incumbent administration.
Recently, he advised the president to resign if he cannot solve the economic hardship in Nigeria.
Before that, he had blamed the president for being selective in the fight against corruption, saying he should be bold enough to investigate Obasanjo’s government and others so that his anti-corruption war can be total.
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