Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose,
has again reiterated that he had nothing personal against nor wishing any
harm done to the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential
candidate,Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) and that Obasanjo insisted
that Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua must be the president in 2006 because he
preferred him.
Fayose, who spoke through his Chief
Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti Thursday , was apparently
reacting to the barrage of criticisms that have trailed his opposition for the
APC presidential candidate.
In a statement in Ado Ekiti ,the
governor said his motive was to expose the hypocrisy of some of the
leadership of APC,whom according to him are placing personal interests
far above national interest.
He said the APC had not only
packaged lies and tried to foist such on Nigerians, but had compromised the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the election if it had
held on February 14.
“I remember then as the ad hoc
chairman of the PDP committee to shop for the presidential candidate to replace
former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a crop of suitable, brilliant, healthy and
competent northern politicians in the PDP were shortlisted by me for Obasanjo
to pick from, but he overruled the list and asked me to contact the late Umaru
Musa Yar’ Adua because he preferred him.
“In fairness to the late president,
he objected to the offer on health ground, but Obasanjo insisted that he must
be the president.
” I am not against the North, rather
if Obasanjo had picked from the list of names submitted by my committee to him,
certainly, a northerner, replacing Obasanjo would have ruled this country till
2015. As an insider who saw everything and who again have noticed the repeat of
the episode of 2006, I must talk.
“There is nothing bad in allowing
President Jonathan from the South to complete the two terms he is allowed
constitutionally and in 2019, a real candidate from the North, not one
manipulated by the South-West APC, will emerge to take over. These APC leaders
operate in deceit, the well being of this country is secondary to them. The is
the party that ruled Ekiti for just only four years and grounded the state with
huge debts.
“That 2006 scenario is again being
re-enacted with Obasanjo and APC leaders branding General Buhari to be the
president of this
country
country
While reinstating that he was not
wishing Gen. Buhari dead,Fayose said he was emphatic on his advocacy that
General Buhari was too old to govern the complex country Nigeria at 72
“I am not wishing General Buhari
dead, but the fact remains that he is too old to govern a complex country like
Nigeria and we don’t want a president that will govern by proxy.”
Throwing more light on the hypocrisy
of the APC, Fayose wondered why Buhari could not appear at APC organised rally
in London last
Wednesday if indeed he was not on hospital bed.
Wednesday if indeed he was not on hospital bed.
He said the much-talked about
Chatham House lecture was a face-saving device to cover the true position of
Buhari, adding that most of those attacking him were doing so because he stuck
out his neck to expose the lies of the APC.
He added that he would not relent.
The governor said after he proved to
the world that Buhari was interviewed in Abuja and not London, the APC had not
been able to prove him wrong
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