Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was setting Nigeria on the path of anarchy by using his personal lawyer and member of All Progressives Congress (APC) who is the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to induce the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decision on the inconclusive Kogi State Governorship election.
He accused President Buhari of “fraudulently using the AGF to carry out an act which amounted to amending the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria and the Electoral Act 2010 to advance his ambition and that of his party to turn Nigeria to a one party state.”
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose, who vowed to use all legal means to fight the kangaroo decision on the Kogi State election, noted that “only the Supreme Court can resolve issues not envisaged by the Constitution like the one that happened concerning the Kogi State governorship election.”
He added that “INEC further exposed its partisanship and undependability by relying on legal advice from the AGF, a man who has disobeyed the court severally and an interested party in the Kogi State election being a personal lawyer of President Buhari and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
The governor said President Buhari and APC took to illegal amendment of the Constitution and the Electoral Act owing to the fear of facing a fresh election as a result of the malpractices perpetrated by the APC in the inconclusive election.
Governor Fayose noted that it was shameful that the first election held by the new INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu ended in controversy, adding that the manipulation of the Kogi State election and INEC illegal position on the substitution of APC candidate was a vindication of his earlier position that the INEC chairman was appointed just to do the biddings of President Buhari and his party.
The governor, who said the fact that Prince Abubakar Audu died in the early hours of last Sunday and his death was kept secret until later that day pointed to the sinister plot of the Presidency and the APC, added that, “Having manipulated the election substantially, what they plotted by covering up Audu’s death for hours against Islamic injunction, was to declare a dead candidate as elected governor of Kogi State so as to pave way for the emergence of his running mate as the governor-elect.”
He called on Nigerians to rise against what he described as systematic dictatorship, saying, “If all noble men should keep silent and get cowed by this rampaging beast that is ready to consume democracy and rule of law in Nigeria, ordinary Nigerians will sooner than later end up in the belly of the beast.”
He said he was aware of the various sinister plots against him by those he said were plotting to turn Nigeria to a one party state, but declared that “the Lord will consume anyone plotting against me as He has always done.”
Governor Fayose, who said only two options were available to INEC on the Kogi State election crisis, noted that; “INEC should either conclude the election with APC not having a candidate or hold a fresh election with APC nominating a new governorship candidate. Anything outside these two options will mean that the Supreme Court must intervene.”
According to him, “Section 33 of the Electoral Act only provided for substitution of a dead candidate before election, not during election. Also, the running mate would have become the governor-elect if the governorship candidate had been duly elected before he died. But in this case, the election was still in progress, meaning that Audu was a candidate like others when he died.
“Therefore, what INEC has done will mean that votes have now become an inheritance that the late APC governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu has willed to whoever that emerges as his substitute.
“It is like saying that Audu’s votes in the inconclusive election will now be inherited by another person. How logical is that?
“In a democracy, how can the Attorney General of the Federation and INEC turn themselves to the National Assembly that amends laws and the judiciary that interprets laws?
“The implication of all these is that it has become obvious that no one can get justice under this APC government and if this is the change they promised Nigerians, it appears that Nigeria is in serious trouble.”
Who killed Audu? God is watching .
ReplyDeleteAccording to you Audi died early Saturday morning but he voted in d afternoon! Please get your fact right and stop calling your President a beast! PDP WILL B BURIED IN BAYELSA IN DECEMBER
ReplyDeleteEarly hour of Sunday he said
DeleteEarly hour of Sunday he said
DeleteFayose, you are not right here. Death irrespective of the perceived source is considered natural Islamically. And APC couldnt have killed their candidate when election is ungoing if the intention is to favour the running mate. however the vote casted was for APC and not solely for Late Audu because Audu's name wasn't in the ballot papers but APC. How do you declare PDP as the winner when clearly the party was heading for defeat. The AGF is now serving the nation, PDP inclusive and not APC alone. If there will be any anarchy, it will be intra-APC thing in Kogi state.
ReplyDeleteWhere did u c Saturday pls? Always read properly b4 commenting. All I know is Buhari and APC r trading on illegality. But God has expose them in d case of Audu dead n will keep doing that.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Ekiti elders are doing that they cannot call their recalcitrant son to order.
ReplyDeleteFayose's untamed, uncultured and vituperations against the President is embarrassing not only to Ekiti but to the entire Yoruba race. He has diarrhoea of the mouth. Anyway, he is a celebrated thug in the corridor of power courtesy of GEJ who saw no other person good enough to be governor in Ekiti for his own selfish reason. When nemesis will catch up with you, you will weep and eat you words.
Only God knows what Ekiti people did wrong that allowed Ekiti state to have this kind of uncultured person like Fayose to be a governor. Fayose your primary assignment is to move your state forward and turn Ekiti to a paradise here on earth. But alas! keep all your effort is to keep on criticizing our president and making noise on pages of news papers. I as a person is ashamed that you are the governor of my state because of your manner of insulting elders with your purposeless vision for my state. Please stop making noise and roll up your sleeve and start working in Ekiti. Remember your four years tenure will soon come to an end.
ReplyDeleteFayose, just shut up please
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