Ekiti government says Governor cannot be intimidated

chika ebuzor

September 28, 2017 10:01 PM

This is following the arrest of the Ekiti state Commissioner for Finance and Accountant General by the EFCC.

The Ekiti state government has said that Governor Ayo Fayose cannot be intimidated.

This is following the arrest of the Ekiti state Commissioner for Finance and Accountant General by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to Fayose’s aide, Lere Olayinka, Buhari’s people are scared that Fayose has declared to run for President in 2019.

The Ekiti state Governor publicly declared his intention to join the presidential race on Thursday, September 28, 2017.

Olayinka said “It is funny that the EFCC, in the bid to carry out its usual hatchet job against Governor Fayose, failed to take into cognisance the subsisting court order, which forbids any official of the Ekiti State government from being arrested by the EFCC. Up till today, the court order has not been appealed and it subsists.

“What has the EFCC done to those involved in the grass-cutting scam and the $43m Ikoyi scam?

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“It is so funny and laughable that these characters in the APC government can’t even disappoint for once by being unpredictable.”

Meanwhile, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, a Board of Trustee (BoT) member of People Democratic Party (PDP), has said that Fayose cannot contest in the party’s primary poll for 2019 presidential election.

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