Buhari is using "corrupt" EFCC to fight corruption- Fayose
Thu Jul 07, 2016 09:12:am Politics
1.8K By Buchi Obichie
Lashing out at the Buhari-administration's War Against Corruption, Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti State Governor, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is using an equally "corrupt" Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to fight graft.
Calling out perceived double-standards, Fayose insisted that President Buhari must start the corruption fight from his party, the APC, "since charity begins at home."
Chiding the EFCC for its media extravaganza, Fayose said, "The EFCC leaders' 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."
Fayose stated that any property linked to him was acquired legitimately, and duly declared on his assets' declarations form.
In a press statement released yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, and contrary to recent claims by Temitope Aluko, the Ekiti State Governor also maintained that his election was not funded by the Office of the National Security Adviser, but was funded by Zenith Bank as well as donations from friends and associates.
He said, "As a promising candidate of my party, I cannot stop Nigerians from supporting my election like every other candidate of other political parties, including President Buhari.
"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 a 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 tele-guided by the APC leaders in their desperation to set the people against me knowing fully that they are not on the ground.
"Having failed to buy the conscience of the Ekiti House of Assembly members, the APC people have become increasingly afraid of 2018 and 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.
"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 the EFCC operatives. Those who are tele-guiding 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.
"Should Nigerians now conclude that the EFCC is an appendage of the APC? Is the EFCC for investigation of corrupt practices among all Nigerians or members of opposition parties alone?" Fayose queried.
The Governor stated that 'as of today,' he had not been accused of stealing from the Ekiti treasury.
"The EFCC has not also said that Ekiti money was stolen and that my election was funded with Ekiti State money," he said.
Lashing out at the Federal Government, Fayose maintained that he would continue to speak his mind on issues affecting Nigerians.
"Nigerians are suffering. States can no longer pay workers' salaries. A litre of kerosene is now N220, a bag of Rice is now N20,000, and some people will sit in the 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," he said.
Calling out perceived double-standards, Fayose insisted that President Buhari must start the corruption fight from his party, the APC, "since charity begins at home."
Chiding the EFCC for its media extravaganza, Fayose said, "The EFCC leaders' 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."
Fayose stated that any property linked to him was acquired legitimately, and duly declared on his assets' declarations form.
In a press statement released yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, and contrary to recent claims by Temitope Aluko, the Ekiti State Governor also maintained that his election was not funded by the Office of the National Security Adviser, but was funded by Zenith Bank as well as donations from friends and associates.
He said, "As a promising candidate of my party, I cannot stop Nigerians from supporting my election like every other candidate of other political parties, including President Buhari.
"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 a 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 tele-guided by the APC leaders in their desperation to set the people against me knowing fully that they are not on the ground.
"Having failed to buy the conscience of the Ekiti House of Assembly members, the APC people have become increasingly afraid of 2018 and 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.
"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 the EFCC operatives. Those who are tele-guiding 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.
"Should Nigerians now conclude that the EFCC is an appendage of the APC? Is the EFCC for investigation of corrupt practices among all Nigerians or members of opposition parties alone?" Fayose queried.
The Governor stated that 'as of today,' he had not been accused of stealing from the Ekiti treasury.
"The EFCC has not also said that Ekiti money was stolen and that my election was funded with Ekiti State money," he said.
Lashing out at the Federal Government, Fayose maintained that he would continue to speak his mind on issues affecting Nigerians.
"Nigerians are suffering. States can no longer pay workers' salaries. A litre of kerosene is now N220, a bag of Rice is now N20,000, and some people will sit in the 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," he said.
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