Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, has opened up
on his effort to have a word with President
Muhammadu Buhari, who he frequently criticizes.
on his effort to have a word with President
Muhammadu Buhari, who he frequently criticizes.
Fayose claimed he phoned the Aso Villa three
times, asking to speak to the president, but each
time was diverted to the Buhari’s chief security
officer.
“About two – three times I called the villa they
would divert my call to the CSO, saying I cannot
talk to the president. I should say whatever I want
to say to him; a sitting governor? That is not
Nigeria. So, at that point, I had to stay clear
because they were on a vendetta mission”, Fayose
said in a private interview with select journalists.
The embattled governor facing allegation of
diverting public funds, also, said he wrote letters to
the president.
“I wrote three letters to the president, none of them
was replied. Initially, when he became president, I
didn’t start like this”, Fayose added.
Asked why, as sitting governor, he shuns state
executive council meetings with the president,
Fayose said: “Each time they call meeting, my
deputy goes there”.
Fayose added that he has did not harrass anyone
despite provocation.
“The fact that I criticise you; I don’t have to be in
your party! The APC, every day they come here to
do rallies, they say that Fayose should resign, they
say Fayose is fraudulent, did you see me slapping
anybody? I will just look at you. There is freedom
of expression.
“Even in the face of intimidation and even in the
face of misbehaving, as a leader, you should
accommodate all. Let me give you one instance,
which the APC can never do to anybody. Throughout
the tenure Fayemi was here, I never used a word
that is unclean on him. I tell him he is our leader
because anybody God has put there is our leader
truly.”
