Mr Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor, on Wednesday said he would
not stop criticizing the Federal Government over its bad policies
despite the recent clamp down on state officials by men of the
Department of State Security (DSS).
The governor, who arrived the state from Abuja where he had been
since Sunday to attend PDP meeting, said no policy of the FG that is
inimical to the welfare of the people would be spared by his
comments.
According to a press statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press
Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, Fayose who was reacting to the development
for the first time since DSS officials invaded the House
of Assembly Complex, Ado-Ekiti and whisked four lawmakers away said he
remained resolute in his determination to criticise obnoxious policies
of the president in the interest of Nigeria and our democracy.
The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, was also arrested by DSS officers but was released late Tuesday night.
“The Bible says people with God are in majority. This is not the
first time people will harass me. It is a conspiracy and it will
collapse like other attempts before it. I will remain critical of the
activities of the Federal Government, especially when they do things that are inimical to the welfare of Nigerians.
“Imagine the questions they asked my Commissioner for Finance, they
asked him if the Federal Government has reimbursed the state government
on works done on federal roads. But the records are with them in Abuja,
can’t they check? We have nothing to hide and they are only chasing
shadows and are time wasters.
“Telling the Federal Government that the economy is in trouble and
that the President should stay at home to face governance is not a crime
and is part of my rights as a citizen of this country. I am
like a tree planted by the bank of a river that brings forth its fruits in due season,” he said.
Answering question on the allegation that some people offered some
lawmakers $1 million to impeach him, the governor expressed implicit
confidence in the lawmakers.
“I am just coming from Abuja and I know that our lawmakers are solid
guys and their future and mine are tied together. When the APC was at
its peak in the state and they wanted to use 19 lawmakers to impeach me,
they failed woefully and they will still fail again. This is a
storm in a tea cup. They are not just starting I defeated them in all
courts in the land. I won’t deter from saying the truth about the FG.
“We are in the morning we have not seen what the night is going to
be. If it is me that brought myself here they will succeed, but if it is
God, they will have to first overcome God before overcoming me,” the
governor noted.
A heartless mother abandoned a little baby inside a carton at
a bridge in Ado Karu Local Government in Nassarawa State. The story
reported by one Rakiya on Facebook reveals that the baby died before it
could be taken to the Office of Karu Local Government in the state.
Mr Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor, on Wednesday said he would
not stop criticizing the Federal Government over its bad policies
despite the recent clamp down on state officials by men of the
Department of State Security (DSS).
