Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose has debunked the claim by
former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro, that he gave him (Fayose) part of the money he
Fayose said the claim by Obanikoro, who is currently in EFCC
custody, that he collected some money from him, was a clear
indication that he was drowning and looking for someone to
go down with him.
Speaking with Sun, Fayose said despite the myraids of
allegations leveled against him, he would come out pure.
He compared his current situation to the Biblical Jesus, who
despite many trials, came out victorious.
He said,
“I wouldn’t want to join issues with EFCC or
“I wouldn’t want to join issues with EFCC or
Obanikoro. But I remembered very well that Obanikoro was
firing very serious salvos at the EFCC before now.
“I remembered all his statements in the press, but this
dramatic return, he did not stop at the airport and there was a
clear entrance straight to the EFCC custody; it simply shows
that there is a hand of Saul in the voice of Jacob.
“I’m used to all these conspiracies and the fact remains that
in all these, Jesus is Lord, in all these, victory is sure, in all
these, I’ve not lost any battle and I’ll not lose any. Let me
believe that Obanikoro did not say all these because whatever
you say, you would have to prove it in court.
“It is not enough to just say it. If he’s saying all these to get
out of trouble, it is just a drama of the moment. I know he is
looking for ways out of the quagmire as his house was
seized, his bank accounts were frozen and all that. May be,
my brother and friend, Obanikoro is looking for easy way out
so they have to heap everything on Fayose.
“I’m used to all these. In the meantime, I am busy as
governor of Ekiti delivering good governance to my people.
What they wanted during their conspiracy at my first tenure
was to stop me politically forever. They didn’t want me to rise
politically again; that was what all the first poultry allegation
with EFCC in 2006 is all about but I won.
“Today, I can adjudge what would happen tomorrow by the
victory of yesterday. So, their fear is my rising profile: their
fear is – where is this Fayose going?
“Don’t you forget that in the Bible, the three wise men who
came to greet Jesus Christ and who saw tomorrow about
Jesus Christ just as the then King Herod too, saw tomorrow
about Jesus Christ and he told the wise men to come back to
him and reveal where Jesus was so that he could go and kill
him.
“But the wise men didn’t go back that way. So, they saw my
tomorrow and knew that I was rising. I’m going to be among
those people that would take over from them.
I have a future,
I have greatness ahead of me and no greatness comes
without a battle and struggle.
“So, they should keep their gun powder dry, behave like a
responsible organization whose strength is in their coded
investigation.
They should stop messing themselves up. You
see, nobody knows what would be the situation in two years
time, but when we get to the bride, we would cross it.
“Again, if Obanikoro says he gave me such huge money,
where did he get it from? Why will he take such huge cash like
that? Why will an honourable federal minister of the country
be saying that he took cash like this and gave to me?
“You can now see how EFCC operates, but we will talk about
that when we get to court. They are only looking for ways for
nexus, to link me at all cost, to destroy me at all cost.
‘It is just like in the Bible when they asked the people should
we replace the thief with Jesus for the punishment but the
people said no, it is Jesus we want.
“So, it’s Fayose that is all they want in all these drama, I hope
that by now, they would have released all Obanikoro’s
confiscated assets and property.”
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