My growing up years was largely inspired by indigenous literature, with authors like Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Ola Rotimi leading the pack of those who practically recast our society through words on marble.

The Gods Are Not To Blame is a 1968 play and a 1971 novel by Ola Rotimi. The story centres on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security, only to get caught up in a trail of events by the gods of the land.

Like Odewale who was destroyed by his own pride and ego, Ayodele Peter Fayose, is a man with a false sense of security. He fanned and fuelled his second entrant into the Ekiti Government House with vulgar words and inordinate actions.

By making himself a messiah of sort he pulled down every known political structure in the PDP while fraternizing with street urchins in the most bizarre fashion. By instituting the “stomach infrastructure” Fayose felt he had devised the perfect replacement for an organized party system and political governance.

Alas! The Governor became a comic figure as he fried akara from street to street and ate amala from house to house; and as his so called popularity soared, Fayose publicly prided himself as the “kpomo governor”.

Indeed he became self absorbed in this false sense of accomplishments that he began to dream of the Presidency in 2019. Yes! Fayose expected his stomach infrastructure brand of politics to deliver the goodies.

The “President-in-waiting” began to assault every known politician in Nigeria. From Federal to states, Fayose was the only saint Nigerians must trust.
Regrettably, he was so lost in his “self-righteousness” that he forgot that "....until the rotten tooth is pulled out, the mouth must learn to chew with caution." Like Odewale, caution was never to be considered by Fayose, despite his failing leadership style back home. The Ekiti workers whom he not only derided openly but owed nine months salaries were watching him disdainfully.

Despite collecting over N27bn as bailout funds in the first and second tranches of the Paris Club Refund, protests amongst lecturers in higher institutions in the state over payment of “amputated salaries” became a recurring decimal.

Tax deductions of as much as 120% were taken from workers salaries without recourse to common sense, and that a pay-back by Ekiti workers was imminent.

Even when political bigwigs decamped en-mass from the PDP in the state, in stomach infrastructure did Fayose put his trust. Traditional rulers were equally not spared of the Governor’s venom and voracious attacks.

Moreover, his fraudulent tendencies became ominous when Ayo Da Rock forced his puppet and PDP candidate, Prof. Olusola Eleka to sign a bond, that he Fayose will borrow the PDP N4bn to prosecute the election.

Guess what? The purported amount was to be repaid by the incoming PDP administration at a compound interest rate of 25%, had Eleka won the polls. What a scam?

It is obvious that now that the Governor’s Stomach Infrastructure has fallen apart, a day of reckoning is just in sight.

As Governor Ayodele Fayose prepares to account for his stewardship of Ekiti State in the past four years he must bear in mind that "....it is always best to keep your words soft and sweet because you might never know when you will have to eat them.”

Like Odewale the lead character in the gods are not to blame, Fayose’s pride indeed has gone before his final fall from grace.

Could the collapse of his “Stomach Infrastructure” be the end of this “dear” political demagogue? Only time shall tell.

Frank Eze.

A very intelligent write up.

It saddens me when I see write ups here in support of this man, just because of their hatred for Buhari or the APC party.

In a saner clime, people would have been more interested in questioning Fayose about all monies he has collected up to date,and what he has done with them, considering the fact he has not paid ONE SINGLE WORKER in Ekiti in 2018.

We are not talking of peanuts here, but monies running into Billions of Naira.

Ekiti State has 16 Local Government Areas. And out of the 16, the only part he has developed is the Government house,and areas around the Government house in Ekiti, with one or two bridges in the dead of the night.

And yet some are saying he is the Messiah.

For an Agrarian State. Ekiti State has the unenviable record in Nigeria, as the only State where Helicopters fly in straight to the Government house to carry raw "CASH" belonging to Ekiti State to an unknown destination, while workers are not paid.

Just imagine if Ekiti was an Oil producing state. I am sure 747 Boeing planes will be landing in Ekiti to carry the States cash.

Fayose belongs to Kirikiri and I hope he is locked up there for a long time.

I greet you lalasticlacla and Mynd44.

This picture points to what we shall be seeing very soon.

Elrufai will be eating suya and kilishi in the market.

Okorocha will buy bend down select from Owerri market

Udom will buy water leaf from traders in Ikot Omini market

Orton might be tempted to share wheel Barrow again

All for the votes

This is Nigeria

Back to the matter, Fayose Bleep sha. He's not in it alone though. Others must take dressing or risk being booted out

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This is Fayose's interpretation for governance. Turning his own people into hopeless beggars and dependent society.

Sadly for Fayose, rubbish like this doesn't last forever.

The man saw that people were hungry and started giving them food.

For him, you have to be alive to enjoy real infrastructural development.

Its not a bad idea.

But Fayemi will start building. That's the difference.

Ekiti people have chosen the one they want. Let them enjoy or suffer it


Meanwhile, this Eze that has returned, IPOB will be monitoring on 3D. They haven't forgotten what u did to their god

When a governor makes it a point of duty to constantly abuse a sitting president and former leaders of his country , he is bound to end like Fayose.

In my candid opinion , the man Fayose should not be allowed to escape after he hands over . He should be arrested and made to account for all the monies meant to be used for payment of civil servants, .

The Gods are truly not to blame , as things have fallen apart for the rapacious randy governor.

He created the enabling environment for the monetized voting that both his party PDP and APC engaged in to secure victory.

Pauperized electorate will always dance to the tunes of the different payers, while withholding their votes from those who pauperized them only to give them a pittance for subsistence.

Be there deceiving yourselves.

When Fayemi will be kicked out by the court, Fayose shall have the last laugh.

PDP has assured that hard facts have been gathered to prove their case in court.



This Victory is momentary

A butterfly thinks himself a bird. I remember that proverb till tomorrow.

That does not mean I support Frank. The election was rigged.

Let the legal battle begin

Oshoko has fallen

Sai Baba