A member of House of Representatives, Hon Opeyemi
Bamidele, has cautioned governor Ayodele Fayose against
dragging the name of the State in the mud over his
consistent tirades against Major Gen Muhammadu
Buhari.
It will be recalled that Fayose had consistently been
describing Buhari, the Presidential Candidate of the All
Progressives Congress as too old and sick to be president
of the country .
Fayose also added that Buhari’s had been hospitalised in
an undisclosed hospital where he has been receiving
medical attention since he jetted out of the country last
Friday, contrary to the position canvassed by APC that he
was in United Kingdom for a working visit.
In a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Bamidele urged
Fayose to continue to toe the line of civilility and follow
the footsteps of people like Chief Afe Babalola and many
other illustrious indigenes of the State, whose conducts
had brought unprecedented respect to the State, rather
than dragging the State into public odium.
He said the statements credited to Governor Fayose, if
indeed they came from him, constitute a rude invasion of
General Muhammadu Buhari’s privacy and a rough neck
tactic to try to dog such a national figure that way.
Even if, according to Governor Fayose, General Buhari
had visited a hospital during his foreign trip, the
reasonable question to ask, I would think, is whether or
not General Buhari deserves rest or even a medical
check-up after a full-fledged and most rigorous (over 30
days) campaign during which he did not miss a single
rally?
Bamidele, who is representing Ekiti Central Federal
Constituency 1, said it was quite unfathomable and rather
contradictory that when President Goodluck Jonathan is
doing all he can to convince Nigerians and members of
the international community that he is committed to the
survival of our democracy, that Fayose was busy throwing
tantrums to the opposition.
“Just like President Jonathan has a right to contest and
legitimately expect to win, he has equally assured all and
sundry that if he loses the election, he will honourably
handover to the winner, making it clear that neither a
military nor an interim regime would be an acceptable
alternative.
“If President Jonathan is speaking in this parlance and
Governor Fayose is busy abusing former President
OlusegunObasanjo while denigrating the age and person
of Gen. Buhari to the extent of wishing him dead, then
surely Governor Fayose must be weeping more than the
bereaved. And when a sympathiser is weeping more than
the bereaved, there is definitely a cause for suspicion.
“Let Governor Fayose call himself to order. Let him leave
Gen. Buhari alone and come up with a more positive and
decent manner of adding value to the Our democracy and
Politics. Right now, he is a like cancer to our body politic.
“Let him stop dragging the name and image of Ekiti in the
mud. Ekiti people abhor hate politics and if even Abuja
would disown Gov. Fayose’s hate campaign style, then the
extent of damage he is doing to the Jonathan campaign in
Ekiti State is better left in the realm of imagination”.
Bamidele appealed to Fayose to jettison one day-one
trouble style of governance and settle down for real deal,
saying Ekiti in her present socio-economic situation needs
a critical, sober and scientific leadership intervention and
not jackboot approach as being allegedly applied by the
governor.
He said the precarious situation of the State’s economy
calls for a conducive atmosphere that would enable all
well-meaning sons and daughters of Ekiti at home and
abroad to pull ideas together on what is to be done to
rescue the State from imminent collapse and bring her
glory back from sabbatical.
“ In the face of dwindling oil revenues and the need to
diversify our economy, leadership ingenuity, clear
understanding of the microeconomic fundamentals and
commitment to global best practice standards of good
governance must be the watch word and policy thrust of
any Government that wants to be taken seriously”.
He expressed sadness that many leaders of the political
class would rather celebrate a poverty of ideas at the
expense of ensuring robust reasoning and proffering
perspectives on the way forward for Nigeria in a way that
potential voters would be able to make up their minds on
which candidate to vote for on the basis of superior
postulation and demonstrated strength of character.
He said: “No decent Ekiti man or woman, either in the
private or public sector, and no Ekiti politician, either in
PDP, APC, Labour Party or any other political party can be
proud of how Governor Fayose has carried himself since
the beginning of this campaign or how he has continued
to portray the image of Ekiti as a community of people
with integrity deficit.
“As an Ekiti stakeholder, I, like other credible illustrious
citizens of the State, deal with this issue on a daily basis,
taking pain to explain the Ekiti personality and core
values to those who care to listen, reminding all
concerned people at home and abroad that fine
gentlemen and patriots like Aare Afe Babalola, Chief Wole
Olanipekun, Com. Femi Falana are indigenes of the State".
The list of other indigenes mentioned by Bamidele
include: Prof. Akin Oyebode, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, Sir Remi
Omotoso, Prof. MobolajiAluko, Prof. Jide Oluwasanmi,
Justice AdemolaAjakaiye (Rtd.), Prof. Adeniran, Prof.
BabalolaBorisade, among others.
Bamidele, has cautioned governor Ayodele Fayose against
dragging the name of the State in the mud over his
consistent tirades against Major Gen Muhammadu
Buhari.
It will be recalled that Fayose had consistently been
describing Buhari, the Presidential Candidate of the All
Progressives Congress as too old and sick to be president
of the country .
Fayose also added that Buhari’s had been hospitalised in
an undisclosed hospital where he has been receiving
medical attention since he jetted out of the country last
Friday, contrary to the position canvassed by APC that he
was in United Kingdom for a working visit.
In a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Bamidele urged
Fayose to continue to toe the line of civilility and follow
the footsteps of people like Chief Afe Babalola and many
other illustrious indigenes of the State, whose conducts
had brought unprecedented respect to the State, rather
than dragging the State into public odium.
He said the statements credited to Governor Fayose, if
indeed they came from him, constitute a rude invasion of
General Muhammadu Buhari’s privacy and a rough neck
tactic to try to dog such a national figure that way.
Even if, according to Governor Fayose, General Buhari
had visited a hospital during his foreign trip, the
reasonable question to ask, I would think, is whether or
not General Buhari deserves rest or even a medical
check-up after a full-fledged and most rigorous (over 30
days) campaign during which he did not miss a single
rally?
Bamidele, who is representing Ekiti Central Federal
Constituency 1, said it was quite unfathomable and rather
contradictory that when President Goodluck Jonathan is
doing all he can to convince Nigerians and members of
the international community that he is committed to the
survival of our democracy, that Fayose was busy throwing
tantrums to the opposition.
“Just like President Jonathan has a right to contest and
legitimately expect to win, he has equally assured all and
sundry that if he loses the election, he will honourably
handover to the winner, making it clear that neither a
military nor an interim regime would be an acceptable
alternative.
“If President Jonathan is speaking in this parlance and
Governor Fayose is busy abusing former President
OlusegunObasanjo while denigrating the age and person
of Gen. Buhari to the extent of wishing him dead, then
surely Governor Fayose must be weeping more than the
bereaved. And when a sympathiser is weeping more than
the bereaved, there is definitely a cause for suspicion.
“Let Governor Fayose call himself to order. Let him leave
Gen. Buhari alone and come up with a more positive and
decent manner of adding value to the Our democracy and
Politics. Right now, he is a like cancer to our body politic.
“Let him stop dragging the name and image of Ekiti in the
mud. Ekiti people abhor hate politics and if even Abuja
would disown Gov. Fayose’s hate campaign style, then the
extent of damage he is doing to the Jonathan campaign in
Ekiti State is better left in the realm of imagination”.
Bamidele appealed to Fayose to jettison one day-one
trouble style of governance and settle down for real deal,
saying Ekiti in her present socio-economic situation needs
a critical, sober and scientific leadership intervention and
not jackboot approach as being allegedly applied by the
governor.
He said the precarious situation of the State’s economy
calls for a conducive atmosphere that would enable all
well-meaning sons and daughters of Ekiti at home and
abroad to pull ideas together on what is to be done to
rescue the State from imminent collapse and bring her
glory back from sabbatical.
“ In the face of dwindling oil revenues and the need to
diversify our economy, leadership ingenuity, clear
understanding of the microeconomic fundamentals and
commitment to global best practice standards of good
governance must be the watch word and policy thrust of
any Government that wants to be taken seriously”.
He expressed sadness that many leaders of the political
class would rather celebrate a poverty of ideas at the
expense of ensuring robust reasoning and proffering
perspectives on the way forward for Nigeria in a way that
potential voters would be able to make up their minds on
which candidate to vote for on the basis of superior
postulation and demonstrated strength of character.
He said: “No decent Ekiti man or woman, either in the
private or public sector, and no Ekiti politician, either in
PDP, APC, Labour Party or any other political party can be
proud of how Governor Fayose has carried himself since
the beginning of this campaign or how he has continued
to portray the image of Ekiti as a community of people
with integrity deficit.
“As an Ekiti stakeholder, I, like other credible illustrious
citizens of the State, deal with this issue on a daily basis,
taking pain to explain the Ekiti personality and core
values to those who care to listen, reminding all
concerned people at home and abroad that fine
gentlemen and patriots like Aare Afe Babalola, Chief Wole
Olanipekun, Com. Femi Falana are indigenes of the State".
The list of other indigenes mentioned by Bamidele
include: Prof. Akin Oyebode, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, Sir Remi
Omotoso, Prof. MobolajiAluko, Prof. Jide Oluwasanmi,
Justice AdemolaAjakaiye (Rtd.), Prof. Adeniran, Prof.
BabalolaBorisade, among others.
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