Fayose even recommended what he called “anti-Fayose cataract” for the lawyer so that he would see clearly what he (the governor) has been doing right.
Reacting to comment made by Falana at the maiden edition of Ekitipanupo colloquium in Lagos on Thursday that Fayose was looting funds meant for the development of Ekiti State, the governor’s special assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka advised Falana, whom he described as self-professed human rights activist, to desist from such unwarranted utterances.
He quoted Fayose as saying: “it is obvious that Falana is driving himself sick because of his personal hatred for Governor Fayose and if care is not taking, his state of mind concerning the governor may graduate from psychology to psychosis one day.
“Falana should purge himself of his hatred for anything Fayose because he (Fayose) was not the one who scuttled his (Falana) ambition to be governor of Ekiti State.”
Governor Fayose insisted that “the self-professed human rights lawyer” should get the anti-Fayose cataract that has blocked his eyes removed so that he can see all the developmental strides of Governor Fayose both during his first term and his second tenure, “particularly, all the dualised roads in Ado-Ekiti (except) two were done by Fayose. Today, which of the past governors in Ekiti can match Fayose’s achievements?”
The governor challenged Falana to make public any evidence of his stealing of Ekiti State funds, saying: “it is strange that Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) could go
public with accusation of fraud against someone who has not been pronounced guilty by any court of law and the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) must take particular notice of this.”
He wondered that Falana is still living under the illusion that he can achieve what he used the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to achieve against him in 2006 ten years after.
He challenged Falana to put pressure on his allies in the EFCC to look into the looting of Ekiti State treasury by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
“Is Falana unaware of the diversion of N852, 936,713.92 counterpart fund paid by the Ekiti State Government to access the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) 2012 Marching grant by the Fayemi-led government, which has made it impossible for Ekiti State to access UBEC matching grant for 2013, 2014 and 2015?
“Is Falana not aware of the N25 billion bond and other commercial bank loans that the Fayemi’s government took and misappropriated, on which
over N1 billion is being deducted from the State federal allocation now?
“Why did Falana keep silent when Ekiti State treasury was being looted right, left and center by the APC government of Fayemi? Where was
Falana when uncompleted projects like the Oba Adejugbe General Hospital and State Pavilion in Ado Ekiti were being commissioned by Fayemi?
“Is Falana’s activism concerning Ekiti State only about Fayose and everything about his government?
“As someone who used to be close to him, my counsel for Femi Falana is that he should stop thinking that he can realise his governorship ambition in Ekiti State by maligning Governor Peter (the Rock) Ayodele Fayose everywhere he goes. He should rather come to Ekiti and sell himself to the people.” [myad]
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