EKITI
State governor-elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, on Thursday warned Lagos State
governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to desist from insulting the people of
Ekiti following the Lagos governor's assertion that Fayose won the recent gubernatorial election because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) induced voters with money.
Fayose said in a statement issued on his behalf by the Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) and made available to the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja that "he (Fashola) should Stop insulting Ekiti People."
According to the statement, "the governor's comment that Ekiti people were induced with money to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is an insult on the entire people of Ekiti State, and we in the PDP will not take lightly to anyone insulting Ekiti people under whatever guise."
AFCO accused Fashola of being hypocritical as it added that "the major problem of our friends in the All Progressives Congress (APC) is hypocrisy and until they purge themselves, that hypocrisy will destroy their party."
Signed by the Director-General of the campaign organisation, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, the statement observed that "It is only a hypocritical mind like Fashola that would claim that the results of an election as credible as that of last Saturday was induced by money and that Dr Ayodele Fayose ought not to have been voted for by Ekiti people because he was standing trial for alleged corruption."
AFCO reminded the Lagos governor that Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Adeyemi Kuforiji, is also standing trial for alleged corruption, noting therefore that "Fashola should first remove the timber in his eyes before talking about the speck in other people's eyes."
"It is also on record that Lagos State Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji is standing trial for alleged corruption and Fashola has not asked the Speaker to step aside or resign," it said.
The statement further said: "It is on record that it was the APC that induced voters with cash ranging from N5,000 to N10,000, and many of the party chieftains were arrested while distributing money to voters."
Mentioning one of such party chieftains arrested in Iworoko-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government area, ACPO observed that he was arrested for allegedly distributing money to voters who had come to voting centres for accreditation.
Similarly, the statement recalled that a former governor was fielded as a gubernatorial candidate under the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011 even when he was standing trial.
AYCO also pointed out that a leading member of the APC in the House or Representatives was convicted for fraud in the United States "and Fashola, the self appointed moral sheriff" has not called for his resignation.
"Therefore, on the Ekiti election, Ekiti people have rejected the APC and its deceitful government and elected their own governor.
"If Fashola and his ilks are not pleased, they should go to the Tribunal instead of insulting the collective intellects of Ekiti people," the statement declared.
— with Pdp Youthfrontier North Central.Fayose said in a statement issued on his behalf by the Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) and made available to the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja that "he (Fashola) should Stop insulting Ekiti People."
According to the statement, "the governor's comment that Ekiti people were induced with money to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is an insult on the entire people of Ekiti State, and we in the PDP will not take lightly to anyone insulting Ekiti people under whatever guise."
AFCO accused Fashola of being hypocritical as it added that "the major problem of our friends in the All Progressives Congress (APC) is hypocrisy and until they purge themselves, that hypocrisy will destroy their party."
Signed by the Director-General of the campaign organisation, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, the statement observed that "It is only a hypocritical mind like Fashola that would claim that the results of an election as credible as that of last Saturday was induced by money and that Dr Ayodele Fayose ought not to have been voted for by Ekiti people because he was standing trial for alleged corruption."
AFCO reminded the Lagos governor that Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Adeyemi Kuforiji, is also standing trial for alleged corruption, noting therefore that "Fashola should first remove the timber in his eyes before talking about the speck in other people's eyes."
"It is also on record that Lagos State Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji is standing trial for alleged corruption and Fashola has not asked the Speaker to step aside or resign," it said.
The statement further said: "It is on record that it was the APC that induced voters with cash ranging from N5,000 to N10,000, and many of the party chieftains were arrested while distributing money to voters."
Mentioning one of such party chieftains arrested in Iworoko-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government area, ACPO observed that he was arrested for allegedly distributing money to voters who had come to voting centres for accreditation.
Similarly, the statement recalled that a former governor was fielded as a gubernatorial candidate under the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011 even when he was standing trial.
AYCO also pointed out that a leading member of the APC in the House or Representatives was convicted for fraud in the United States "and Fashola, the self appointed moral sheriff" has not called for his resignation.
"Therefore, on the Ekiti election, Ekiti people have rejected the APC and its deceitful government and elected their own governor.
"If Fashola and his ilks are not pleased, they should go to the Tribunal instead of insulting the collective intellects of Ekiti people," the statement declared.
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