Fayose Blasts Buhari Over Ekiti Guber Election
24 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressive’s Congress candidate, Kayode Fayemi the winner of the Saturday Ekiti gubernatorial poll, the outgoing governor, Ayodele Fayose has challenged the processes that led to what he called the ‘prryhic victory’.
Fayose prefers his Deputy, Professor Kolapo Ishola to succeed him but the Peoples Democratic Party candidate lost to the former Nigeria’s minister.
Fayose appeared unshaken by the result of the election as he established that he had never lost any battle and does not intend to give in this time around.
He took turn to respond to the comment of the presidential aide, Garba Shehu who had earlier said on Monday that the Ekiti state electiin is a kind of referendum by the electorates to approve the Buhari-led government.
He criticized the Federal Government for employing the security apparatus to snatch victory away from the PDP candidate.
He expressed optimism that his party would retrieve its “stolen mandate”.
“Buhari should bury his head in shame for using the police, army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and INEC to snatch the mandate given to Olusola and deliver it to Fayemi whom Ekiti people rejected,” he said in a statement signed by Idowu Adelusi, his chief press secretary.
“I am Peter Ayodele Fayose , I hold with my head high. I can never be suppressed. I don’t lose battles and I will not lose this. I will laugh last.
“The president should note what the Bible says which applies to him. ‘He that wears the armour should not boast as he that removes it.’
“It is only Buhari that will pride himself with the security shooting sporadically at polling centres, scaring people to pave the way for the APC thugs to snatch ballot boxes.”
Fayose said what Buhari had won as referendum from Ekiti people , Nigerians, and international community “is shame.”
He added “If APC has truly won, why is it that there is no jubilation in Ekiti ? The victory of Kayode Fayemi is pyrrhic. We will reclaim the stolen mandate in the court by the power of God”, Fayose said.
