Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni, has described Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State as a comedian who will never stop entertaining Nigerians with wild allegations.
Chief Oni, who was reacting to Fayose allegation that he is plotting to engineer the judiciary to impeach him, said that the governor was just raising false alarm, saying that such allegation came from what he called “a mind gripped by fear of the unknown.”
Chief Oni, who is the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said that he has the utmost respect for the judiciary and would never indulge in any act to bring the revered institution into ridicule and opprobrium.
Through his media aide, Ayo Akinyemi, Chief Oni said that the purported meeting where he and the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, boasted to APC members of intent to enlist the judiciary for the alleged plot only existed in the imagination of Fayose.
“Fayose himself knows that no judiciary can remove him now because he enjoys immunity until the expiration of his tenure on October 15, 2018. He can only be investigated, so what is Fayose talking about?
“Perhaps Fayose is afraid of facing the law after his immunity might have expired next year and that is why he is labouring now to spill the beans in anticipation of his doom. He is a drowning man trying to clutch the last straw and smear anybody.
“In a normal setting, should he (Fayose) have contested for governorship in the first instance? This is a man having corruption cases hanging on his neck and was facing trial in the court.
“This is a man accused of complicity in murder incidents that happened during his first tenure and it is unfortunate that our system allows a character like that to run for the exalted office of governor.
“Now with series of allegations coming out on the way funds meant for purchase of arms were diverted to his campaign as revealed by his man, Dr. Tope Aluko and confirmed by Musiliu Obanikoro in his evidence before the court.” [myad]
