Ekiti State
Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described as absurd, claim by the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that looters have resorted
to
burying stolen funds in their backyards, deep forests and burial grounds,
saying;
He fired
that: “Looters in the Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency, especially those being compensated
for funding the election of the president in 2015 bury their own loots in the
Villa with Presidential protection, The governor asked; “Should it be wrong for
other supposed looters that do not have presidential protection like the All
Progressives Congress (APC) looters to bury their loots in burial grounds
probably for spiritual protection?” In a statement issued on Monday by his
Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the
governor said: “Nigerians can no longer be fooled with stage-managed loots
recoveries, with no traceable owners (looters), especially when the loots are
traceable to close associates of the president and his cabinet members. He
said; “Obviously, this so-called anti-corruption war has become a laughing
stock with stray N49m found in Kaduna Airport, N448 million discovered in a
shop at Victoria Island, Lagos and N13 billion found in Ikoyi, Lagos neither
having owners nor the identities of owners of the properties where the money
was found known.” Governor Fayose maintained that: “It is either the money
belongs to members of Buhari’s government or it is being planted by the
government to sustain its fake anti-corruption fight in the minds of the
people.”
He said; “Enough of stage-managed and fake anti-corruption war aimed
solely at opposition figures, especially presidential hopefuls in the 2019
election.” The governor noted that two different laws are operable in the
country – one law for the APC and those who decamp to the party and the other
for the opposition, especially those perceived as having presidential ambition.
“The narrative they push daily is that only those in their government are saint
while other Nigerians, including those in the National Assembly, Judiciary,
opposition politicians and the civil servants are rogues while only Buhari’s
appointees are saints. “To worsen matters, the cluelessness of the APC
government in the last two years has plunged the country into debt without
anything to show.
“The cabals in the Presidency are also taking advantage of
the President’s state of health, which is as a result of his age to oppress
Nigerians.
“Nigerians must therefore keep their eyes on the ball and not be
carried away by the orchestrated distractions aimed at preventing them from
seeing how the APC led government has failed woefully.” He called on the
international community to hold Nigeria accountable on the recovered N13
billion cash found in that Ikoyi, Lagos apartment saying; “this must not be
swept under the carpet.”
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