Fayose
Governor
Ayo Fayose yesterday condemned the statement by a former secretary of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Tope Aluko, saying he does not
deserve a response.
The governor spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media Mr. Lere Olayinka.
He said Aluko was beclouded by his
desperation to seek revenge against Fayose because of his refusal to
make him his Chief of Staff. He (Aluko) is not mindful of committing the
criminal offence of perjury, the statement added.
The governor described as “shameful”
that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has refused to accept a
scandalous electoral defeat they suffered 19 months ago, asking whether
it was also soldiers that rigged the 2015 presidential, senatorial,
House of Representatives and State House of Assembly elections that the
party lost.
He said: “For Aluko to be taken
seriously, he must first have to report himself to the police to be
tried for perjury and committed to prison for three years since what he
is now saying is different from what he said under oath at the Election
Tribunal where he was the only witness called by the PDP and Governor
Fayose.
“If after giving evidence under oath at
the tribunal that the Election was free, fair and credible and that
security agents, including soldiers performed their duties creditably,
saying something else more than one year after is not fair.
“It is also a demonstration of the fact
that given the right offer tomorrow, the same Aluko can also address the
press tomorrow to deny all he said today. He can even deny his own
existence since he can deny what he said under oath just because he was
not made Chief of Staff.
“Therefore, we won’t bother ourselves
responding to what a political parasite chooses to say because he
wouldn’t have said what he is saying today if he had been made Chief of
Staff to Governor Fayose and it is sure that if he is called today, and
given the right offer, he will
begin to sing another song.
“Also, the APC bad losers in Ekiti State
should know that it will take more than recruiting and paying a
disgruntled TKO Aluko to discredit an election adjudged by both local
and international observers, including the United States government as
free, fair and credible.
They will probably need to pay INEC to
tell Nigerians that an election it conducted, in which an incumbent
governor lost in his own local government, was not credible.
“As per his claim that $37 million was
given to the governor for the election, the governor got financial
support from various sources as it is usual of anyone contesting
election and it is not for him to begin to advertise in the media the
level of support the governor received from individuals, corporate
organisations or groups.
“However, if money belonging to the APC
is missing and they suspect that the money was stolen by Dr Goodluck
Jonathan to fund Ekiti State governorship election, they can approach
the EFCC.”
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