Gov. Ayo Fayose
In a statement signed by Idowu Adelusi, the Ekiti state governor's
chief press secretary, Ayodele Fayose, has said that it is obvious that
he has become the headache of the government of President Muhammadu
Buhari, but not even threats to his life will make him to stop speaking
his mind.
The outspoken accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of “acting a movie scripted President Buhari just to silence him”,
and challenged the anti-graft agency to go after Sahara Energy which
allegedly donated $60 million to the campaign of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) before the election.
“It is obvious I have become the main headache of President
Buhari’s government… what they are doing now is part of their grand
plots to intimidate and harass me into submission but I am not someone
that can be cowed by threats of incarceration and death.
“I make bold to state that in the overall interest of democracy
and well-being of Nigerians, I will continue to speak my mind on issues
bordering on governance in Nigeria. I will not be intimidated!
“I advise that they should keep their gun pounder dry and wait
till the end of my tenure in 2018 and I want to assure them that I will
be available to answer any of their questions, no matter how
unreasonable.”
While speaking on the alleged involvement of Buhari’s wife in the
Halliburton scam, the governor challenged her to visit the U.S to
convince Nigerians that she was not the Aisha Buhari mentioned in the
judgment convicting William Jefferson.
He alleged that she had been running away from America, saying
Buhari has gone to the country thrice in the last one year, without
taking his wife, adding that Aisha delegated Toyin Saraki, wife of the
senate president to a programme she was supposed to attend in the US.
“It is on record that the President has visited USA three times
and his wife did not travel with him. Equally, she ought to have
visited USA last year September to chair a United Nation programme but
she sent wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki to represent
her,” a part of the statement read.
The governor also denied receiving any money from the office of
Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser, and Musiliu Obanikoro,
former minister of defence, for his election.
“I have no financial transaction whatsoever with the office of
the national security adviser (ONSA) under Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and
former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro either
by cash, cheque or electronic transfer.
“I must say it categorically that I don’t have any link
financially with Obanikoro and I know as a fact that he (Obanikoro) has
not; and cannot mention my name, as beneficiary of whatever money any
company in which he has interest could have gotten from the ONSA if
truly Obanikoro collected money from the ONSA as being claimed by the
EFCC.
“Therefore, bringing Obanikoro and his son’s narrative or that
the Zenith Bank is telling different stories, having been blackmailed
and coerced into submission by the EFCC is a joke that will not fly,” Fayose said.
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