Why Fayose wants Buhari dead – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said the fear of the unknown is the motivating factor behind Governor Ayo Fayose death-wish for the party’s presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

The party said Fayose has been gripped with fear that a Buhari Presidency would mark the end of impunity and fraud through which he (Fayose) allegedly emerged as governor.

The APC said Fayose knows that he can’t survive the revelations contained in the audio tape that caught him, senior members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and military officers allegedly plotting rigging strategies ahead of the June 21, 2014 governorship poll in the state.

In a statement on Monday signed by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, the APC accused Fayose of diverting the attention of Nigerians from his alleged fraudulent victory as revealed in the audio tape leak.

It said the revelations in the tape would not be eclipsed by his anti-Buhari campaign antics, stressing that the money the governor is spending in his hate campaign could have been channeled towards productive activities for the benefit of Ekiti people.

The party also berated the governor for lack of focus on developmental issues, stressing that for the past four months, he had busied himself with debts profile of the state, while not forthcoming on the balances and refunds made to the state by the Federal Government.

According to the Ekiti APC, what Fayose was doing was the usual fraudulent antics associated with his administration‎ to whip public sentiments against real issues of development and transparent management of state resources.

The party also said the audio leak would not be wished away without those who perpetrated electoral fraud facing the full wrath of the law.‎

It advised Fayose to face the reality of his imminent end as governor of the state on account of the alleged fraud that charactised his purported election victory.

The statement reads in part: “He knows with Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the President, that will be the end of impunity and fraud through which he was declared the governor.

“He knows he can’t survive the revelations contained in the tape when Buhari becomes the President. That is why he wants Gen. Buhari dead. We know Fayose very well. He will go to any length in his hate campaign wishing Buhari dead. But he will not succeed.

“The‎ spirits of Nigerians that desire change in their lives are stronger than Fayose’s selfish spirit whose only wish among millions of Ekiti is to build an empire around himself with stupendous wealth, while Ekiti people beg him for crumbs from his table.”

The party warned the governor against wasting Ekiti money on anti-Buhari campaign, including hiring agents trailing Buhari around the world, saying‎ that it is criminal to spend the state resources in furtherance of personal ambition and safety.