Senator Buruji Kashamu asks Governor Ayodele Fayose to stop being childish
Instead, he urged Fayose to concentrate on defending the loads of accusations leveled against him in recent times including that which led to the freezing of his bank account.
The presidency had also reacted to the allegation against Hajia Aisha calling him a man childishly obsessed with the desire to grab the headlines and insulting people at will because of his incurably boorish instincts.
In a statement by the senator, according The Eagle Online, Fayose was asked “to stop the needless mudslinging against the wife of the president, Mrs Aisha Buhari and face the allegations against him.”
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Kashamu said the attempt by Fayose to link Hajia Buhari with the Halliburton scandal is a needless distraction and an amateurish shadow-boxing.
“His action could be taken for a drowning man clutching at a straw.
“It is interesting that Mr Fayose is talking about the rule of law and the need to do things within the ambit of the law.
“I never knew that he has ever heard of the concept of the rule of law.
“When he trampled on other people’s rights in a bid to abrogate their tenure in office, where was the rule of law?
“Now he is crying out because he is afraid he might have to get a taste of his own medicine because a man must certainly reap whatever he sows.
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“Mr Fayose is talking about the fact that he enjoys immunity under the law. If I may ask: can a governor who disobeys the law with reckless abandon seek protection under the law?
“You cannot say because immunity covers you, you should not be investigated if you are suspected to have benefitted from the funds that were meant to buy arms for the protection of Nigerians.
“I think it is high time that we, as a people and government, address the issue of people committing crimes and hiding under the immunity clause.
“Fayose must stop chasing shadows and address the allegations against him. It is preposterous that he suddenly remembered that someone was involved in the Halliburton scandal at exactly the same time that he is being investigated over the funds he allegedly collected from the office of the national security adviser.
“The questions are: Was he a beneficiary of the ONSA funds? Is it true that over N300million was frozen in three accounts traced to him? Were suspicious cash deposits made into the accounts in 2014, in clear violation of the Money Laundering Act and other enabling laws?
“It is said that you can fool some people all of the time but you cannot fool all the people all of the time. Nigerians can now see that what is playing out is a confirmation of my earlier position that the loudest among us are not necessarily the most pious.
“If he is being asked questions about his campaign funds, he should be bold enough to give explanations without necessarily casting aspersion on anyone. He should allow necessary investigations to go on unimpeded.
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“That will not only help to prove his innocence or otherwise but could possibly boost his rating. He could even choose to waive his immunity to aid the investigation if he does not have anything to hide.
“Immunity does not preclude any public officer even a governor from explaining how he funded his election campaign or the source(s) of deposits made into his account(s).
“The reality that Mr Fayose must come to terms with is that the allegations against him are too grave to be sidelined for a seemingly spurious allegation against the wife of the president.
“Months of workers’ salaries are yet to be paid in Ekiti state; development partners have abandoned the state, just as families are languishing as a result of his ill-advised political scheming.
“This current campaign of calumny and juvenile tantrums cannot sweep the issue of corruption under the carpet; neither can it kick enough dirt to make any