Apologises to Nigerians, Buhari

By Gbenga Ariyibi

ADO EKITI—The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has said Governor Ayodele Fayose’s anti-social behaviour and belligerent postures against elderly Nigerians do not represent the standard conduct of Ekiti people.

APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said in a statement that Fayose’s tantrums against APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, represented the quality of the governor’s personality, noting that his record of interpersonal relationships with others reflected a man ravaged by ethos not representative of Ekiti credo.

Fayose had said on the live telecast of the meeting of PDP Governors’ Forum in Lagos that Buhari was of the same age with his mother, who he said was bedridden in pampers and no longer physically strong to do productive things.

He said for the reason of same age with his mother, the APC candidate should steer clear of presidential contest for the young blood, President Goodluck Jonathan.

Fayose and Buhari

But Olatubosun said Nigerians should not be surprised that the governor made that declaration on his mother on a live programme beamed around the world, explaining that Fayose was a special breed of Ekiti with record of lack of decorum in all his actions.

“Fayose is desperate. We don’t know the spirit that drives his actions. If a man could paint his own mother in such a disgusting manner to advance his reason why Nigerians should not vote for Buhari, then we can appreciate how desperate Fayose is in doing things when his political interest is at stake,” APC spokesman said.

Explaining that the governor had a record of treating elderly people with disdain and humiliation while he impoverishes the young ones, Olatubosun said: “Fayose’s record speaks volumes of his tempestuous lifestyle in both private and public life.

“As Ekiti State governor during his first stint, government’s agents arrested the Atta of Ayede-Ekiti, the late Oba Adeleye Orisagbemi over alleged failure to support his government, the same way the octogenarian Elekole of Ikole, the late Oba Adetunla Adeleye, was dragged out of his car and the car forcefully taken away in broad daylight for not supporting him.”

Noting that no Ekiti man had ever behaved like Fayose in history, Olatubosun said if the governor could do this to revered traditional institution, people should not expect any limit to his conduct. Fayose has no record of maintaining a long standing relationship as none of his close aides is still with him to date.

Olatubosun said Fayose should have told the world that his mother and Buhari were bound by the same fate and should have told Nigerians how many times his mother changed diapers daily or how long his father was in diapers before he died in 2009.

The APC spokesman said Fayose was on his own in his uncivilized and desperate manner of doing things.

While apologizing to Buhari for the embarrassment, he also apologized to Nigerians on behalf of Ekiti people for the shame and embarrassment the governor is causing them every day.

In Ekiti, we say the truth — Govt

In a swift reaction, Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka said: ‘’In Ekiti, we say the truth no matter whose ox is gored and that is the trait being exhibited by Governor Ayodele Fayose.

‘’Governor Fayose is saying the truth about the sick man Buhari that the APC is forcing around as its presidential candidate and it was that Ekiti trait in him that led to the exposure of the shameless lies told by the APC on Buhari’s medical trip to the United Kingdom.”