Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has
condemned the tribunal judgments nullifying the
elections of Rivers and Akwa Ibom States
Governors, Mr Nyesom Wike and Emmanuel
Udom respectively, saying; “the seeming
collaboration between the All Progressives
Congress (APC) led Federal Government and a
section of the judiciary is worrisome and
portends grave danger to the corporate existence
of Nigeria. This is worse than corruption that the
president claimed to be fighting.”
Governor Fayose said desperation to take over
the South South states of Rivers and Akwa Ibom
through the backdoor by President Mohammadu
Buhari and his APC, in preparation for 2019,
using the judiciary may cause anarchy in the
country.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka,
the governor accused the APC and President
Buhari of another grand plot to rig the
forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa States gov
ernorship elections, using the newly appointed
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and
the Director General of Department of State
Security (DSS), Alhaji Lawal Daura.
He described the suspension of the appeal court
judgment on Senate President Bukola Saraki as
“part of the grand plot to use a section of the
judiciary to wrestle power from those the
Buhari’s Presidency is not comfortable with,”
saying the indefinite adjournment by the appeal
court smacked of interference from the powers
that be.
Governor Fayose said; “There were widespread
electoral malpractices during the presidential
election in the North, with rampant under-aged
voting. Yet, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not take
steps capable of threatening Nigeria’s corporate
existence.
“Curiously too, in a state like Yobe where it was
established that the INEC Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC), Abu Zarma received N15
million bribe from the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to
the state governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, Assistant
Superintendent of Police, Zakari Deba to in
fluence the State Governorship election, the
tribunal did not nullify the election.”
The governor called on President Buhari to, in
the overall interest of Nigeria, tread cautiously in
his bid to consolidate power and prepare ground
for his possible re-election bid.
Governor Fayose, who reminded the President of
the wild, wild west of the mid 60s and the 1983
saga between late Chief Adekunle Ajasin and
Chief Akin Omoboriowo, which was orchestrated
by the then Federal Government, said “the
consequences of the orchestrated plot to
prevent the people of Western Region from
having the government of their choice through a
fair and just election in 1964 should be a
watchful example for Nigerians in general and
President Buhari in particular.”
He appealed to the people of the South South
not to be intimidated and discouraged,
expressing hope that the appellate court will pro
tect the wish of the people of Rivers and Akwa
Ibom States.
“Governors Wike and Udom, as well as the teem
ing supporters of our party, PDP in Rivers and
Akwa Ibom states should not be deterred and
discouraged as I am sure that by the special
grace of God, they will laugh last,” the governor
said.
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