Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has reacted to the Minister of Information - Lai Mohammed's disclosure that 15 ex-go...
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has reacted to the Minister of Information - Lai Mohammed's disclosure that 15 ex-governors and 55 Nigerians stole 1.34 trillion Naira in the past eight years, by daring him to name them or keep quiet.
He said this through a press statement released from his office.
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has challenged the Minister
of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to make public names of the 15
former governor and 55 Nigerians
that he claimed stole N1.34 trillion
between 2006 and 2013 or keep his mouth shut permanently.
He said; “The reality is that the APC Federal Government has destroyed the economy within eight months in power and rather than look for
solutions to the problems facing Nigeria, Lai Mohammed and his cohorts
are branding bogus figures about stolen money just to cover up their
lack of solution to the country’s economic problems.”
The governor, who also described as disgraceful, bringing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh to court in handcuff, said;
“Even the masterminds of Mandala and Nyanya bomb blasts, Kabiru Sokoto
and Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche were not handcuffed when they were arraigned in
court.”
In a release issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said it was funny that close to
one year after it won the presidential election, the President Mohammadu
Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) federal government was still
operating as if it was campaigning for votes.
The governor said; “They are turning governance to Nollywood, such
that when one movie is about to end, they release another one. As it
appears that the $2.1 billion arms deal movie is getting to an end, Lai
Mohammed introduced another movie titled; N1.34 trillion loot.
“Unfortunately for them this time around, Nigerians have become tired of
watching the Federal Government movies, they now want reality.
Nigerians are now aware of the scam in the $2.1 billion arms deal movie
having seen that the amount those already charged to court were charged
with is not more than N10 billion and $2.1 billion is over N600 billion.
“Therefore, Lai Mohammed must either tell Nigerians details of the 15
former governors and 55 people that he claimed stole N1.34 trillion,
where the stolen money is kept and bring back the money or apologise to
Nigerians for lying.” While describing the persistent claim by the
federal government that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) destroyed
Nigeria for 16 years as hypocritical, Governor Fayose said Nigerians
must begin to ask which party majority of those presently ruling the
country under the APC government were between 1999 and 2014.
“Majority of those who ran the Federal Government between 1999 and 2003 under the PDP are in the APC government today. President, vice president, ministers, governors, senators and House of Reps members who were part of the PDP government are now in APC. Yet, APC keeps telling Nigerians that PDP ruined the country. This hypocrisy must stop,” he said.
The governor, who insisted that due process of the law must be
followed in fighting corruption, noted that disobedience to court orders
itself is a criminal offence that is more grievous than corruption. He
said no amount of harassment and intimidation will silence opposition in
the country, saying President Buhari and his men should rather get used
to the reality that opposition must exist in a democracy.
