The allegation by Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) accusing Governor Ayodele Fayose of collecting money from Col. Sambo Dasuki to finance his elections has been described as a ploy to silence Fayose from his criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Governor Fayose’s Chief Press Secretary Mr. Idowu Adelusi, who reacted to the allegation, said the opposition APC in the state had all along been “whining about their loss of the election since the announcement of its result and won’t stop at anything in their attempt to discredit the election and bring down the winner, even after about two years since the polls.”
Adelusi was reacting to the allegation by the publicity secretary of Ekiti APC, Chief Taiwo Olatunbosun, in which he claimed that Fayose allegedly received N1.4billion from embattled former National Security Adviser, Col Dasuki through “a former minister from the South-West, now at large, to prosecute the controversial Ekiti gubernatorial election of June 2014.”
Adelusi said the APC had thrived on propaganda, saying “the APC came to power through propaganda and they believe they can govern the people through propaganda but this isn’t possible because Nigerians are wiser.”
He said: “If the APC is sure of what it is saying and has a very clear evidence, it should submit it to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) instead of making noise about.
“Let it be known to the APC that nothing can stop Governor Ayo Fayose from criticising the misrule and archaic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari. Fayose is prepared more than ever before to continue to represent the voiceless Nigerians and we cannot watch it and allow Buhari to turn Nigeria into a fascist state.”
“The last seven months has clearly shown that Nigeria now has a driver who is used to the former right- hand drive instead of the present left hand-drive.
Those who voted for the APC will soon regret their actions. The hands of Governor Fayose are very clean and no amount of fabricated lies which the APC is used to can stop him from speaking the truth.
“It has become obvious that the Buhari-led government has nothing to offer and Nigerians will realise that the more this year.”
The governor’s aide claimed that “the various lies against his government and person were ploys to stop Governor Ayo Fayose from criticizing the misrule and archaic policies of President Buhari,” saying “instead, Fayose is prepared more than ever before to continue to represent the voiceless Nigerians and we cannot watch it and allow Buhari to turn Nigeria into a fascist state. The last seven months have clearly shown that Nigeria now has a driver who is used to the former right- hand drive instead of the present left hand-drive.”
He said those who voted for the APC will soon regret their actions. The hands of Governor Fayose are very clean and no amount of fabricated lies which the APC is used to can stop him from speaking the truth.