Fayose Raises Alarm Over Military Plot to Scuttle His Government

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose on Sunday raised the alarm that there are moves by the Federal Government (FG), to use the military against his government apparently to scuttle same. Speaking with journalists in Lagos, Fayose who condemned the military panel chaired by Maj-Gen Adeniyi Oyebade noted that, “the military report holds no water in law”. It would be recalled that the military panel was set upto ascertain the role played by the military in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State. In his words; “You will recall that after I won the election, there was this effort to stop the swearing-in that generated a lot of controversy, even before and after the elections. There was one story of photo-chronic military rigging and all that. You will equally recall that there were four elections after mine, the presidential, National Assembly and State House of Assembly elections, they all followed the same pattern even when military men were not enough for the whole country. “They followed the same pattern and it is good for anybody to complain about the elections but when you are not on ground, you cannot win an election. After Dr. Kayode Fayemi conceded, the party still went ahead to challenge it up to the Supreme Court and we still won. “I am a clean person but what they are doing now is that they went to Kaduna, after all submissions, they now want to say the military rigged Ekiti election. They are releasing their report very soon and knowing full well that military report holds no water in law, the Attorney-General would want that report reviewed and approach the Supreme Court to review their position, which is not known in law. “The Supreme Court dealt properly with the issue of impeachment and it did not raise issues of whether the elections were won or not. It talked about the issue of certificate that was raised in 2002 and it equally raised the issue of non-qualification as a result of impeachment. The court dealt with it all and it was a landmark judgement already reported in all law journals. “An online newspaper generated a report of a conversation and I came out to say that I was part of the conversation, I was the complainant in that conversation. If you now set up a military committee to look into the Ekiti and Osun elections that was adjudged to be free and fair, the Americans and international observers made it very clear that they recommend Ekiti elections for subsequent elections. “To my surprise, I heard they set up a panel to look into the activities of some military men during the elections in Ekiti and Osun, that is their choice.