CONFESSION: Fayose Opens Up on The Rigging & Using Military to Win Ekiti

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has
claimed that the allegation by his former close man
who was the Secretary of the PDP in Ekiti State, Mr.
Tope Aluko, that the military was used to influence
the outcome of the June 21, 2014 governorship
election in the state, is a ploy by the APC to rubbish
the mandate freely given to him by the people of
the state.

He said such a wild allegation could only come from
Aluko, who he refused to appoint as his Chief of Staff
“because he could not be entrusted with such a
sensitive position.”

Fayose, according to a statement by his Chief Press
Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, wondered when the
opposition would stop licking their wounds when the
election conducted about 20 months ago had been
adjudged as free and fair and applauded by the
election observers.

He said,
“All these steps are being taken by the APC
to silence me because of my criticism of obnoxious
policies of the President Muhammadu Buhari
administration, but I cannot be silenced. If I, Ayo
Fayose, remains the last man standing to put Buhari
administration on its toes, I will not look back.
Strong opposition is an ingredient of a virile
democracy.

 I don’t have any skeleton in my
cupboard. If the APC has any concrete evidence
against me, it should give it to the EFCC.”

Fayose added that, “From Aluko’s ranting, one could
see that he wants to poison our waters because he
did not get the position he expected in our
administration. He complained that he was not made
the Chief of Staff, how could somebody with great
lust for money and insatiable drive to jump from
one camp to the other be trusted with such a
sensitive post? I was advised by well-meaning Ekiti
people not to trust him with sensitive positions
because of his greed.”

Anyway, the military has pen down some names for
sanction after investigations confirmed that they
indeed did a lot to rig the election in Ekiti for
Fayose. But time will tell where the issue will end.