Buhari Is Not God, I Will Continue To Say The Truth – Fayose

 

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has

reiterated his position to continue to tell he

truth to the leadership of President

Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the

ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),

noting that ”The President is not God, but

only leader of our country for a period of

time.”

Speaking with journalists on Friday, after

the Ekiti State House of Assembly declared

him the ‘leader’ of the opposition Peoples

Democratic Party (PDP), Fayose affirmed

that as a member of the opposition, he was

not expected to be celebrating the

government in power.

“For what?” he exclaimed, adding, ”I will

tell them the truth. Opposition helps

government of the day, helps Nigerians, to

keep them on track. Opposition helps to

check dictatorship, opposition helps to

check oppression. My being here as

governor, my voice today will remain by the

grace of God.

“I’m not like somebody going underground

for reasons of harassment; it is only

shameful that the government of the day is

after shadows. You want to be in power,

you are in power; you have charged

virtually all PDP governors to court, are we

saying no APC governor is corrupt in this

country? But for me, I’m not going into that;

I’m not going to descend into that arena.”

”For everything I say, I say it in good

conscience. When I was criticising the

President before he became President of

Nigeria, they thought I will be quiet after.

Tomorrow, if I find him wanting, I will tell

him. The President is not God, he’s only

leader of our country for a period of time,”

said Fayose.

Asked if his declaration by the state House

of Assembly as leader of the opposition was

in preparation for a bigger position, Fayose

said: “I am not interested in anything. Even

this one that I am serving as governor, it is

the will of God for me. There is nothing to

vie for.

“By morals, it can’t be the turn of Yoruba, if

truly we are into rotation and for me, I’m

not vying for anything. I’m not equally

going to the Senate. Senate is what most

governors will rush to; I’m not going. I

won’t contest for Senate. So anybody

expressing anything for me is wasting his

time because I’m not going to beg for any

office.

“I have gotten to this position because God

wants me there and I’m not going to be part

of any promotion to position me. No, I still

have three years ahead of me. Who knows

what will happen in three years time; who

knows what will happen in two years time;

who knows where Nigeria itself would be.

So, we should all strive for the survival of

this country first and forget about

positioning yourself.

“Great leaders don’t talk about their

political placement, they talk about the

country’s placement, where the country

would be at the appropriate time. But on the

issue of what I stand for and what I say, I

have no apologies and with all due respect,

I have been like this from time immemorial

and I have no apologies because this

country belongs to all of us.

“This weekend, I will be 55; a lot of people

died when they were 10 years old. Some

died when they were 20, some when they

were 30 or 40 but I’m 55. If I die today, my

children will still entertain guests at my

burial, you understand.

They will equally leverage on my

achievements for consolation. Gowon was

president of this country at 28 or 29,

Obasanjo was president of Nigeria at 37.

Today, I’m still battling with the office of a

governor and those people we are talking

about are still talking in the public after

being 80 or 90 years of age.”

Source: Vanguard