Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on
Wednesday said he would not stop criticizing the Federal Government over its
bad policies despite the recent clamp down on state officials by men of the
Department of State Security (DSS).
*Fayose |
The governor, who
arrived the state from Abuja
where he had been since Sunday to attend PDP meeting, said no policy of the FG
that is inimical to the welfare of the people would be spared
by his comments.
According to a press statement issued by the Governor's
Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, Fayose who was reacting to the
development for the first time since DSS officials invaded the House of
Assembly Complex, Ado-Ekiti and whisked four lawmakers away said he remained
resolute in his determination to criticise obnoxious policies of the president
in the interest of Nigeria and our democracy.
The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin
Ojo, was also arrested by DSS officers but was released late Tuesday night.
"The Bible says people with God are in
majority. This is not the first time people will harass me. It is a conspiracy
and it will collapse like other attempts before it. I will remain critical of
the activities of the Federal Government, especially when they do things that
are inimical to the welfare of Nigerians.
"Imagine the questions they asked my
Commissioner for Finance, they asked him if the Federal Government has
reimbursed the state government on works done on federal roads. But the records
are with them in Abuja ,
can't they check? We have nothing to hide and they are only chasing shadows and
are time wasters.
*Buhari |
"Telling the Federal Government that
the economy is in trouble and that the President should stay at home to face
governance is not a crime and is part of my rights as a citizen of this
country. I am like a tree planted by the bank of a river that brings forth its
fruits in due season," he said.
Answering question on the allegation that
some people offered some lawmakers $1 million to impeach him, the governor
expressed implicit confidence in the lawmakers.
"I am just coming from Abuja and I know that our lawmakers are solid
guys and their future and mine are tied together. When the APC was at its peak
in the state and they wanted to use 19 lawmakers to impeach me, they failed
woefully and they will still fail again. This is a storm in a tea cup. They are
not just starting I defeated them in all courts in the land. I won't deter from
saying the truth about the FG.
“We are in the morning we have not seen what
the night is going to be. If it is me that brought myself here they will
succeed, but if it is God, they will have to first overcome God before
overcoming me," the governor noted.
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