{"id":50951,"date":"2016-07-06T22:09:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T21:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=50951"},"modified":"2016-07-06T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T21:09:03","slug":"fayose-buhari-using-corrupt-efcc-fight-corruption-says-efcc-stop-media-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/fayose-buhari-using-corrupt-efcc-fight-corruption-says-efcc-stop-media-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Fayose: Buhari using corrupt EFCC to fight corruption, says; “EFCC should stop media trial”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that President
\nMohammadu Buhari was using an equally corrupt Economic and Financial
\nCrimes Commission (EFCC) to stamp out corruption in Nigeria, insisting
\nthat the President must start the corruption fight from his party and
\nimmediate aides since charity begins from home.<\/p>\n

The governor said; \u201cEFCC opinions remain their opinions and if they are so
\nsure of whatever information they have, they should go to court and stop
\nsubjecting Nigerians to media trial and that no amount of media trial from
\nthe same elements that orchestrated my removal in 2006 can erode my
\npopularity among Ekiti people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said any property that may be linked to him or his company was bought
\nlegitimately and his properties were duly declared in his assets
\ndeclaration form and sources of such funds were not illicit.<\/p>\n

In a release issued on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to the Governor
\non Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, maintained that his
\nelection was funded by Zenith Bank as well as donations from friends and
\nassociates, adding that; “As a promising candidate of my party, I cannot
\nstop Nigerians from supporting my election like every other candidates of
\nother political, including President Buhari.”<\/p>\n

He said since the money he got for his election was from legitimate
\nsources and not from the Office of the National Security Adviser\u00a0 (ONSA)
\nas being concocted, how the money was spent remained his own business and
\nnot that of anyone.<\/p>\n

The governor also debunked the reported allegation by the EFCC that he
\nreceived bribe from any contractor in Ekiti; saying; “if they have
\nanything against me, they should keep their gun powder dry.<\/p>\n

“Because in 2006 when they took me to court, their allegations crumbled
\nlike pack of cards because court decisions are founded on facts and law,
\nand not on media trial as currently being done by the EFCC as teleguided
\nby the APC in their desperation to set the people against me knowing fully
\nthat they are not on ground.”<\/p>\n

He said “having failed to buy the conscience of Ekiti House of Assembly
\nmembers, the APC people have become increasingly afraid of 2018 and that
\nthe agencies of the Federal Government should know that no matter how hard
\nthey try, Ekiti electorate will not be deceived by their blackmail and
\nmedia trial.<\/p>\n

Governor Fayose said \u201cThe EFCC should be told in clear terms that this is
\n2016 and not 2006 when impeachment notices against governors were signed
\non the table of EFCC operatives. Those who are teleguiding the EFCC now
\nshould also be reminded that they did more than what they are doing now in
\n2006, yet I was overwhelmingly voted for by the Ekiti people eight years
\nafter the orchestrated impeachment which the Supreme Court declared
\nillegal.”<\/p>\n

The governor\u00a0 asked; “Should Nigerians now conclude that\u00a0 EFCC is an
\nappendage of APC? Is the EFCC for investigation of corrupt practices among
\nall Nigerians or members of opposition parties alone?”<\/p>\n

The governor said; \u201cAs at today, I have\u00a0 not been accused of stealing a
\ndime from Ekiti treasury. EFCC has not also said that Ekiti money was
\nstolen and that my election was funded with Ekiti State money.”<\/p>\n

Accusing the EFCC of carrying out the APC agenda to force him out of
\noffice as was done in 2006, the governor said; \u201cIt is sad that some
\npoliticians from Ekiti State now resume and close in EFCC offices in Lagos
\nand Abuja and we wonder whether those politicians have now taken over the
\njob of EFCC.\u201d<\/p>\n

He maintained that he\u00a0 will continue to speak his mind on issues affecting
\nNigerians and can never be cowed, saying; “Nigerians are suffering. States
\ncan no longer pay workers salary, a litre of kerosene is now N220,\u00a0 a bag
\nof rice is now N20,000 and some people will sit in Presidential Villa and
\nexpect that all of us should keep silent?\u00a0 That’s not possible!<\/p>\n

“No amount of media trial by agents of the Buhari-led APC government will
\nmake me to stop baring my mind on the cluelessness of the Federal
\nGovernment.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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