APC Leaders Manipulating EFCC To Fight Corruption – Fayose

This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday, July 6, by the governor’s spokesman, Lere Olayinka, who added that President Muhammadu Buhari should begin his anti-corruption war from his party – the APC.

Addressing the EFCC’s claim that he collected bribes from some Ekiti contractors, Fayose said the anti-graft agency, led by APC leaders, is just desperate to nail him.

“The EFCC leaders’ opinions remain their opinions and if they are so sure of whatever information they have, they should go to court and stop subjecting Nigerians to media trial and that no amount of media trial from the same elements that orchestrated my removal in 2006 can erode my popularity among Ekiti people,” Fayose said.

“If they have anything against me, they should keep their gun powder dry, because in 2006 when they took me to court, their allegations crumbled like a pack of cards because court decisions are founded on facts and law, and not on media trial as currently being done by the EFCC as tele-guided by the APC leaders in their desperation to set the people against me knowing fully that they are not on the ground.

“Having failed to buy the conscience of the Ekiti House of Assembly members, the APC people have become increasingly afraid of 2018 and the agencies of the Federal Government should know that no matter how hard they try, Ekiti electorate will not be deceived by their blackmail and media trial.

“The EFCC should be told in clear terms that this is 2016 and not 2006 when impeachment notices against governors were signed on the table of the EFCC operatives. Those who are tele-guiding the EFCC now should also be reminded that they did more than what they are doing now in 2006, yet I was overwhelmingly voted for by the Ekiti people eight years after the orchestrated impeachment which the Supreme Court declared illegal.

“Should Nigerians now conclude that the EFCC is an appendage of the APC? Is the EFCC for investigation of corrupt practices among all Nigerians or members of opposition parties alone?”Fayose queried.

The governor further dismissed allegations that his election funded by the Office of the National Security Adviser headed by Sambo Dasuki, according to him, his 2014 gubernatorial election was funded by Zenith Bank, his close friends and associates.

He stressed that since the money used in funding his election was not from illegal sources, it’s no one’s business how it was spent.

“As a promising candidate of my party, I cannot stop Nigerians from supporting my election like every other candidate of other political parties, including President Buhari,” Fayose added.