I cannot be blackmailed – Fayose

chika ebuzor

September 18, 2017 7:48 PM

Fayose also also condemned the Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for alleging that he is an IPOB sponsor.

Governor Ayo Fayose has said that he cannot be blackmailed for speaking out against the alleged killing of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Abia state.

The Ekiti state Governor also said that he will continue to speak out for any group that is being marginalised or oppressed.

Fayose, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi also condemned the Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for alleging that he is an IPOB sponsor.

The statement reads: “We cannot all be cowed. The militarization of Nigeria, being witnessed now can only be likened to 1984 when General Muhammadu Buhari was military Head of State.

“Killing people in the Southeast just because some people are agitating is wrong and I wonder why none of our so called human rights activists is talking.

“Herdsmen have sacked a whole community in this country, has anyone been arrested for all the killings by herdsmen?

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“If because I am speaking against the wanton killings being done by the military in the Southeast, the APC is saying that I’m funding IPOB, was I the one funding the people of Southern Kaduna when I condemned the killings there? Was I funding the Agatus in Benue State when I condemned their killings by Fulani herdsmen?

“Was I funding the Shiite Muslims when I condemned the killings of El-Zakzaky followers in Zaria?”

Governor Ayodele Fayose recently criticised the Federal Government's handling of IPOB, urging for a more careful approach.

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