Publish Dasuki’s statement, my accounts, Fayose dares EFCC

 Ado-Ekiti —Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has faulted the

refusal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to make
public the statement it extracted from the former National Security
Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, in its ongoing probe of money meant for
the purchase of arms and the funding of the last general elections in the
country.
Fayose, who also asked the anti-graft agency to publish his personal
accounts it froze to let the whole world know what is contained therein.
According to him; ‘’Dasuki’s statement, will at least show whether the ex-
NSA gave money to former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro or anybody to give me (Fayose).’’
The governor threw the challenge, weekend, while featuring on an
interview programme on a radio station, Fresh FM.
In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi,
the governor said: “What I am facing in Ekiti is a war of the elite and
incidentally, it is the masses that vote people into office. We know some
failed Ekiti politicians who now resume daily in EFCC office to concoct
stories and give same for publication. It is only one or two newspapers
that always have their so-called exclusive stories and they follow the
same pattern.
“The EFCC is only engaged in a mind game. They think they can wear me
out. That is not possible as God is on my side because I stand for the
truth. EFCC has not told Nigerians how money was wired to me. What
the EFCC and their collaborators are trying to do is to set the people of
the state against me and they have failed.
“For my two accounts they frozen, I have N300 million in the fixed deposit
in one and N82 million in the other. Both accounts and my properties were
duly declared in my Asset Declaration Form. They are treading the same
2006 path and they will fail woefully by the grace of God. What they did in
2006, was declared illegal by the Supreme Court and I came back to office
exactly eight years after. It means one of us lied,” he said.
On the June 21, 2014 governorship election that brought him to office,
Fayose said Dr Kayode Fayemi and APC leaders conceded defeat and that
both local and international observers described the poll as free and fair.
“After the APC leaders failed to stop my inauguration, get me impeached,
they know that they will still lose again in 2018. What they are trying to
do is to create a wedge between me and the people of the state who love
me. As far as I am concerned, their project is dead on arrival. The voice of
the people is the voice of God,” he stated.

Worries over INEC's inability to conduct credible, conclusive polls

Meantime, Governor Fayose has expressed worry over inability of the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct credible and
conclusive elections since the advent of the President Muhammadu
Buhari- led All Progressives Congress, APC, government.
The governor, who reacted to the alleged manipulation of the Imo North
Senatorial election, which was declared inconclusive, said “democracy in
Nigeria is being threatened by INEC and this should call for national and
international reflection.”
Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka quoted the governor as saying that; “If we have done
more than 15 elections since President Buhari assumed office and all
ended inconclusive, it is obvious that we are tending towards anarchy.”