Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka has advised self-professed human rights
activist and lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) to desist from his unwarranted
utterances against Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Olayinka said in a statement that “it is obvious that Falana is driving himself sick because of his personal hatred for Governor Fayose and if care is not taking, his state of mind concerning the governor may graduate from psychology to psychosis one day.”
Olayinka, who was reacting to comment made by Falana at the maiden
edition of Ekitipanupo colloquium in Lagos on Thursday that Governor
Fayose was looting funds meant for the development of Ekiti State,
said; “Falana should purge himself of his hatred for anything Fayose
because he (Fayose) was not the one who scuttled his (Falana) ambition
to be governor of Ekiti State.”
He said the self-professed human rights lawyer needed to get the
anti-Fayose cataract that has blocked his eyes removed so that he can
see all the developmental strides of Governor Fayose both during his
first term and his second tenure, adding that; “particularly, all the
dualised roads in Ado-Ekiti (except) two were done by Fayose. Today,
which of the past governors in Ekiti can match Fayose’s achievements?”
The governor’s spokesperson, who challenged Falana to make public any
evidence of Governor Fayose’s stealing of Ekiti State funds, said; “It
is strange that Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) could go
public with accusation of fraud against someone who has not been
pronounced guilty by any court of law and the Legal Practitioners
Privileges Committee (LPPC) must take particular notice of this,”
Olayinka said.
Olayinka, who maintained that Falana was only going about castigating
Governor Fayose like he did between 2004 and 2006 because of his
ambition to contest the Ekiti State Governorship election in 2018,
said he (Falana) was still living under the illusion that he can
achieve what he used the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) to achieve against Governor Fayose in 2006 ten years after.
He challenged Falana to put pressure on his allies in the EFCC to look
into the looting of Ekiti State treasury by the All Progressives
Congress (APC) government of Dr Kayode Fayemi.
Olayinka asked; “Is Falana unaware of the diversion of N852,
936,713.92 counterpart fund paid by the Ekiti State Government to
access the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) 2012 Marching
grant by the Fayemi-led government, which has made it impossible for
Ekiti State to access UBEC matching grant for 2013, 2014 and 2015?
“Is Falana not aware of the N25 billion bond and other commercial bank
loans that the Fayemi’s government took and misappropriated, on which
over N1 billion is being deducted from the State federal allocation
now?
“Why did Falana keep silent when Ekiti State treasury was being looted
right, left and center by the APC government of Fayemi? Where was
Falana when uncompleted projects like the Oba Adejugbe General
Hospital and State Pavilion in Ado Ekiti were being commissioned by
Fayemi?
“Is Falana’s activism concerning Ekiti State only about Fayose and
everything about his government?
“As someone who used to be close to him, my counsel for Daddy Femi
Falana is that he should stop thinking that he can realise his
governorship ambition in Ekiti State by maligning Governor Peter (the
Rock) Ayodele Fayose everywhere he goes. He should rather come to
Ekiti and sell himself to the people.”
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