Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has carpeted President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that past government officials who looted the treasury had started returning the stolen funds, saying such monies ought to have been transferred to the Federation Account if it was true.

Fayose also advised the president to stop globetrotting in view of the hardship being faced by Nigerians due to fuel shortages, saying junketing around the globe and acting like a saint before the international community would do the country no good.

The governor challenged the president to give specific amounts that had been returned by looters, saying: “Since the purported looted funds belong to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it ought to have been paid into the Federation Account and shared by the federal, state and local governments.”

The governor’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement yesterday in Ado-Ekiti that Fayose advised Buhari to tackle the collapsed economy of the country headlong instead of going from one country to another, casting aspersions on Nigerians with his sing-song of fighting corruption.

“Buhari’s statement in Tehran, Iran that it was easier for him as a military head of state in 1984 to arrest corrupt individuals and put them in protective custody was a pointer to the fact that he has not changed from the dictator that he was then.

“The truth is that Buhari did not fight corruption in 1984. Rather, he persecuted great Nigerians, especially the likes of Chief Adekunle Ajasin, Chief Ambrose Ali, Chief Bisi Onabanjo, Alhaji Lateef Jakande and Chief Bola Ige, who served the people meritoriously.

“Is Buhari justifying the imprisonment of Dr. Alex Ekwueme, who was only the vice-president or the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader like Chief Bisi Akande, who only served as a deputy governor?” he asked.

Calling on the president to stop portraying himself as the only honest person in the country, Fayose said: “Nigerians are desirous of concrete development, not rhetoric about the fight against corruption that is only being used to persecute perceived political enemies of the president both in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and within the APC.

“As at today, Nigerians are faced with serious hardship occasioned by prolonged fuel shortages that the federal government does not have any solution to. Multinational companies are laying off thousands of workers while contractors working for the federal government have left their sites.

“Yet, what we get to hear from the president is noise in foreign lands about a non-existent fight against corruption.
“Honestly, this president should get to work and stop lying to Nigerians and the international community.”


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