Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state Governor,
wants President Muhammadu Buhari's
government to "just go ahead and carry out the
probe" of the previous administration of Goodluck
Jonathan, rather than making "announcements in
the media".
In a statement issued by Lere Olayinka, his
special assistant on public communications and
new media, Fayose said the government of Buhari
and the All Progressives Congress (APC) was only
"playing to the gallery. He urged the government
not to embark on selective probe, saying:
"From all indications, it is obvious that the probe
they are talking about is targeted at some people
and if activities of anti-graft agencies during the
tenure of President Buhari are going to be
selective, the president should know that the
world is watching."
Fayose also stated that the consequence
Jonathan conduct of a credible election and
handing over power to the winner should not be
witch-hunting, "as obviously being done by the
federal government".
"Nigerians should not be probed on the pages of
newspapers. Rather, the anti-graft agencies
should do their jobs quietly, diligently and in
accordance with the laws of the country, not as
dictated by any individual or political party," he
said.
"If there must be any probe, Nigerians want a
general probe, not a probe targeted only at PDP
supporters, those who served in Jonathan's
government and those seen as not agreeing with
the APC positions on the National Assembly.
"However, if what they believed should be done is
a selective probe, those holding power in Abuja
now should know that what goes round will
surely come round and it is just a matter of time."
He told Buhari to pay more attention to
governance, especially the Boko Haram
insurgency that has come back strongly, taking
control of five local government areas in the
north-east, the rising exchange rates of dollar,
pound sterling, euro and other foreign currencies;
and most importantly, he be guided by the rule of
law.
"This is because four years is a very short period
and time is already going. Before you sleep and
wake up, four years will be gone and Nigerians
will rate the government based on how well the
government bettered their lives, not how many
perceived enemies were hunted with anti-graft
agencies. "God is already vindicating Dr Jonathan
by elevating those who worked with him. As
opposition party, APC disparaged Jonathan and
those who worked with him. Now that the party is
in power, they are still doing the same, behaving
as if the party is still in opposition.
"Ironically, the same people the APC vilified are
being elevated at the world stage. Dr Akinwumi
Adesina, who served a Jonathan's Minister of
Agriculture, is now the African Development Bank
(ADB) president while Arunma Oteh,who was the
Director-General of the Security Exchange
Commission (SEC) under Jonathan is reported to
have been appointed as the World Bank Vice-
President and Treasurer."
