Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has accused the Federal Government of planning to invade the Government House in Ado-Ekiti with the operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS), as witnessed in Akwa Ibom State.
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The governor, in a statement yesterday to reporters in Ado- Ekiti, gave his assessment of the 100 days of President Muhammadu Buhari and said the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government could only boast of “imaginary achievements.”
He said the only achievement recorded by the Buhari administration “is the harassment of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those perceived as not on the same political page with the President.”
Fayose described the DSS swoop on the Akwa Ibom Government House as the “score point of the 100 days in office of President Buhari”, criticising the APC-led government at the centre for allegedly authorising the invasion of the facility, which he said violated the sovereignty of the state.
He nsistied that the invasion was a violation of the constitutional rights of the Akwa Ibom state government, Fayose, who said he had information on planned invasion of the state by the Lawal Daura’s DSS, warned that any such action would meet resistance from Ekiti people.
The governor accused the Director-General of the DSS, Lawal Daura, of being an APC member and decried the appointment of retired Colonel Hameed Ali as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
He said the retention of Mrs. Amina Zakari as the acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was “illegal and unconstitutional.”
Fayose lambasted the President for carrying out what he called “lopsided and illegal appointments” by allegedly shutting out the Southeast geopolitical zone in the major appointments announced so far.
He described the non-appointment of Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as “unacceptable.”
According to him, the appointments made so far by the President “have shown his (Buhari’s) insensitivity to the ethnic diversity of Nigeria and a contempt of the Nigerian Constitution”.
The governor alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan and those who worked with him as well as PDP governors and leaders were targets of harassment, saying: “The president, by this action, is telling Nigerians that it does not pay to be honourable”.
His words: “Dr Jonathan was honourable enough to allow a peaceful transition and conceded to President Buhari even though it was obvious that his victory was questionable.
“Visiting such a person and those who worked with him with persecution as being done now, is no doubt a sad reminder of the reason we have many sit-tight leaders in Africa.
“Interestingly, some of those who worked with Dr Jonathan that the APC called thieves are now being appointed to manage the affairs of international organisations, such as the World Bank and African Development Bank.”
On anti-graft war, Fayose said: “While I am in total support of the fight against corruption, it is my opinion that corruption can neither be fought along party lines nor through the media.
“What is being witnessed at present as fight against corruption is mere noise-making, witch-hunt and harassment of perceived political opponents of the president.
“This is more so that most of the political allies of the President and those who sponsored his election are also being accused of corruption and the president is looking the other way. Most importantly, the Halliburton bribery scandal must be revisited”.