The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has accused the federal government of releasing the sum of N12.5 billion from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) as donation to Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to enable the party perpetrate rigging even as Lokoja the state capital stood still for Governor Idris Wada monday.
Fayose who said the President Buhari administration was a resemblance of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration where the rule of law was not respected, stressed that he was not surprised based on their military background.
The governor stated this at the confluence stadium in Lokoja during the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally, adding that looking critically at the administration of the APC at the centre, people have discovered that the Buhari-led government does not posse is an iota of respect for human rights, saying the president only concentrated on chasing PDP members on allegations of corruption when many of his men who surround him are facing trial for gross corrupt practices.
He asked where President Buhari was when the APC cleared the former governor of the Kogi State, Alhaji Abubakar Audu, to contest the governorship of the state when he (Audu) has avalanche of corrupt charges hanging on his neck in the last 12 years.
He called on the president to carefully look around himself before running after other people, saying the nation belongs to Nigerians just as he pointed out that every citizen had equal right.
According to him, “The APC-led government only goes around the challenges confronting the nation, the issue of Boko Haram, and the dwindling economic situation became worse in the last six months of the Buhari administration. This government has only achieved a lot in the area of chasing shadows, making the nation worse for the people.
He however alleged that the federal government two day ago released the sum of N12.5 billion to Kogi State to enable their party perpetrate rigging and urged the people to take their destiny in their hands.
