My regrets over House Speakership — Jonathan Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Friday, took a swipe at ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over what he termed his recent scathing comments on the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Fayose contended that “Obasanjo lacked the moral right to describe Jonathan’s government as corrupt and performing below average,” advising Jonathan against currying the favour of Obasanjo, who he said would not desist from disparaging him and his administration. Speaking at a forum organised by a group, Concerned Yoruba Elders, held inside the Oduduwa Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Fayose alleged that Obasanjo ran a corrupt and inept administration, recalling an alleged inducement of senators with N50 million each for his botched third term ambition. “Even if you (Jonathan) give your blood, strength and life to former President Obasanjo, he would not support you. We know him more than you know him. He never wanted an independent-minded person,” he said. While attributing the refusal of Jonathan to toe the path of unconstitutionality over Boko Haram insurgency in the North East as reasons for Obasanjo’s negative comments, Fayose asserted that “he’s fighting you because you refused to level Borno and Yobe states like he (Obasanjo) did with Odi community.” “He won’t like that. And, Your Excellency, the more you try to curry (his favour) Obasanjo, the more he will continue to despise you. “If you continue to curry him, we are not going to curry him. He doesn’t like people that give him respect “I plead with Your Excellency. Your second term has been concluded in heaven. Fear not. “When Obasanjo accuses people and government of the day of corruption, what happened to the N50 million shared during the third term agenda? “I earned less than N300,000 as governor of Ekiti State during my first coming. Your Excellency, the donation of N10 million to Obasanjo Library, what do you call that? That is corruption! “Go and look for the Code of Conduct, the forms filled by President Obasanjo and his wealth today. We knew when he came back from prison. We knew the situation, we knew his wealth when he came out,” Fayose said. He observed that Jonathan’s government is the government of the people, adding, “I am telling you that you have won 2015 election.” Fayose urged Jonathan to forget the noise coming from the opposition, noting, “that is their style.” He recalled that he had defeated the same people in Ekiti State, saying, therefore, that “they should limit all these noise to Lagos, not Ekiti.” Fayose further said: “If you don’t speak each time Obasanjo speaks in the papers, we must reply him. When people talk and we are addressing you here, that is not the issue. If he talks again, we will give him an answer. “You are not supposed to reply him. You are a complete gentleman. Decorum is part of the business. We are telling you again, the moment he says the next one, we will engage him. “This is not a country where, after serving your own tenure, what you cannot take, you are giving it to others.”
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:11:07 +0000
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