Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday described as uncalled-for the statement credited to human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, that some residents of Ekiti State are planning to relocate from the state after Fayose takes his oath of office in the next few days.
Falana is believed to have made the claim while criticising Fayose’s role in the attack of judge of the state High Court recently, while calling on the National Judicial Commission to act fast before judges become objects of attacks by anybody who so pleases.
Fayose however reminded Falana that the people of the state overwhelmingly gave him their mandate because they know he would never disappoint them.
He then wondered why the same people who thronged out to cast their votes in his favour would suddenly be thinking of relocating when, in actual sense, they were eagerly waiting for his inauguration.
He discredited Falana’s claim as baseless and lacking in substance in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado Ekiti.
Fayose is to be sworn into office on 16th October, but has been facing some hindrances following the attack by thugs allegedly loyal to him on judges, lawyers and staff of the court.
Fayose, who said it was the All Progressives Congress APC that was formenting trouble, added that only those who had skeletons in their cupboards could have taken the decision to relocate from the state as claimed by Falana.
According to the statement, Ekiti people who elected Fayose and preferred him over and above Falana’s lackey, are waiting for his coming and for the four years he will lead the state.
The statement read: “We know for sure that as our Lord lives, that expectation will not be cut short.
“Ekiti is as peaceful as any other state, it is people like Falana who are beating the drums of war and propaganda that are having nightmares and sleepless nights over the return of Fayose as the governor of the state.
“Those causing trouble in the state in the last two weeks are leaders of the All Progressives Congress and their thugs.
“If people like Jaruu and Apase, who have murder cases hanging on their necks, are leaving the state, security agencies know how to handle their cases.
“If trouble-makers and people that the Bible calls ‘the troublers of Israel’ are relocating, then, it is good riddance to bad rubbish.
“If those who have looted the state’s treasury and are afraid of probe have decided to relocate, they should know that the long arm of the law will catch up with them.
“It is common sense that it is only the guilty that are afraid. Anybody who does not have any skeleton in his cupboard will not be running helter-skelter when nobody is pursuing him.
“Falana and his cohorts should know that they are not in any way better than thousands of Ekiti teachers, artisans, bike riders, businessmen, council workers, professionals and others who cast their votes for Fayose to lead them for the next four years.
“The good people of Ekiti and Nigerians do not need to exert pressure on just a cell in their brains to think about such claims.
“They have better things to think about. We only hope APC and its sympathisers will come back from their dreamland and face the reality on ground.”
