Fayose Won’t dignify Fayemi, Oni with reply, says Aide

Special Assistant to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has described the verbal
attacks on the governor by two former governors of the State, Engr
Segun Oni and Dr Kayode Fayemi as meaningless, saying; “the two former
governors are free to continually express their anger over five
electoral defeats they suffered in the hands of Fayose between 2014
and 2015.”

Governor Fayose

Olayinka, who said Governor Fayose will not dignify the former
governors with any response, added that; “as someone who worked
diligently with Engr Segun Oni when he was governor and out of office,
I know that the same way he (Oni) described Fayose as a tragedy was
the way he used to tell us then that Fayemi would end up in jail. But
did he not mount the rostrum to campaign for the re-election of the
same Fayemi that he said would be jailed?”

He described as more tragic, Oni’s association with the same people
who humiliated him out of office and used their four years in office
to destroy the economy of Ekiti State and also cancelled a
full-fledged university he (Oni) sited in Ifaki Ekiti, his hometown.

“Therefore, whatever Oga (as I still call Oni) says about Fayose
today, I won’t take him serious because he said more than that against
Fayemi that he mounted the podium to campaign for,” he said.

Speaking further, Olayinka said; “Fayose has demonstrated his
statesmanship by restoring Oni’s rights as a former governor, which
was denied him by Fayemi and I think he (Oni) should be mindful of
this.

“However, some of us who went through pains and hardships to defend
him (Oni) against Fayemi’s humiliation and persecution will not keep
silent now that he has chosen to pay Fayose, who restored his pride
and dignity as a former governor with evil and keep Fayemi, who
collaborated with the Lagos cabal to humiliate and persecute him out
of office as his friend.”

Reacting to comments by Fayemi on a radio station in Akure, Ondo State
last Saturday, Olayinka said; “In saner climes, someone like Fayemi
whose four years as governor destroyed the economy of Ekiti State
should bury his head in shame.”

Fayose’s spokesperson, who described Fayemi’s comments on the recently
held local government elections as shameful, said; “Fayose has
conducted local government elections twice as Ekiti State Governor,
which one did Fayemi conduct?

“Not only that Fayemi did not conduct local government elections, he
also sacked democratically elected council chairmen and councillors,
and when court ordered that they be reinstated, he refused.

“Such a character lacks moral rights to speak against local government
elections whichever way it was conducted and methinks Fayemi should
rather face his new job that he bought with his N1.5 billion campaign
fund donation instead of coming to Ekiti to advertise his contempt for
democracy.”

Olayinka said Fayemi, who was prepared for governance and was robbed
in messianic garments took loans to plant flowers that never
germinated and went about commissioning uncompleted projects.

He said; “For the next 20 years, Ekiti sons and daughters would still
be paying back the loans that Fayemi took and wasted on frivolities

“Therefore, Ekiti people know those who ruined their economy and will
never allow the APC locusts to invade their cassava farms again.”