by Damilola Jagun

The Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Governor Ayo Fayose of squandering the funds of the state on fruitless ventures which includes his unrelenting hate campaign against its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (retd.).

According to the party, Fayose was simply trying to shift attention away from the leaked audio tape which showed his involvement in the alleged rigging of Ekiti governorship elections.

The party further stated that instead of wasting the state’s funds on his personal agenda against Buhari, he should direct the money into the development of Ekiti.

A statement released by the state Publicity Secretary of the APC, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said the state would be much better if Fayose had invested his energy into good governance, rather than on a protracted smear campaign.

The party said: “For the past four months, he (Fayose) 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.”

“He knows with General 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 General 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,” Olatubosun said.

“Governor Fayose is taking his hate campaign against General Buhari to the level of personal agenda far and above the collective agenda of Ekiti people for good governance and development of the state. If Fayose had taken the issues of development seriously as he is doing in his hate campaign against Buhari, the effects could have been felt in many areas that are germane to ‎the state development.”

Kolapo Olapoju