Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Major
General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) no longer have moral rights to
participate in the March 28 presidential election having lied to
Nigerians on several occasions.
According to a press statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by his Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the
governor noted with dismay the contemptuous manner in which the APC
and Buhari hold Nigeria and its people.
The governor, who vowed that Nigeria will never be ruled by deceit,
said; “In saner climes, you can’t lie and be discovered to have lied
repeatedly as done by the APC and still want to stand for elections.”
He said; “The new deceit from the APC is to use a photoshoped picture
of Buhari for posters in Lagos, making him look like a 50 year old
man, whereas he is as old as my mother and cannot survive the rigours
of office even as a governor not to talk of President of Nigeria.”
The noted that it was appalling that despite being found to have lied
on several occasions, the APC has never deemed it necessary to
apologise to Nigerians for trying to deceive them.
His words; “First, the APC Vice Presidential candidate, Prof Yemi
Osinbajo, a supposed pastor posted picture of Reinhard Bonke crusade
on his Twitter Handle, claiming that the picture was that of APC
campaign rally in Kano.
“Second, the APC claimed that Buhari made a surprise visit to Chibok
and went further to lie that the people and parents of Chibok girls
were filled with hope and joy upon sighting Buhari and his entourage,
and escorted him into Chibok with singing and dancing.
“Third, the APC cabal claimed that Buhari travelled to the United
Kingdom on a working visit and used fake pictures to back up their
lies that Buhari met with ex-British Prime minister, Tony Blair and
had a television interview in London.
“Even when Buhari’s wife admitted that her husband was in the UK to
rest, the APC cabal went on with their lies, using pictures taken in
Transcorp Hilton, Abuja as proof of Buhari’s activities in London.
“If a party and its candidate could lie so brazenly as done by the APC
and Buhari, do they still have moral rights to want to rule Nigeria?
“God forbid, can Buhari and his APC cabals that are not truthful about
their existence as human beings be trusted to be truthful to Nigerians
if they take over power?”