Abdusalam’s Peace Committee Warns Against Buhari against Dictatorship, Says Fayose

Abdusalam’s Peace Committee Warns Buhari against Dictatorship, Says Fayose


Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has told President Muhammadu Buhari  that the visit which  the former Head of State, General Abdulsalami
Abubakar -led National Peace Committee paid him was to tactically tell him to tread cautiously and be mindful of the fact that he is not heading a military government.

Fayose who restated that he can’t be intimidated by anyone,
however, dropped the hint that  he was not unaware of the sinister
plot to destabilise his government because of his strong and truthful
stands on national issues, vowing not to be cowed by threat from any
quarter.

The governor in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, in Ado Ekiti today said: “Opposition
is one of the roots on which democracy stands and any president or
governor who does not want opposition will eventually become a
dictator.

"I want to state without fear or favour that I will continue to speak
the truth no matter whose ox is gored.

“Nigeria belongs to all of us and no one can intimidate me or the good
people of Ekiti State who freely and overwhelmingly gave me their
mandate.

“Democracy as a form of government thrives on our ability to ask
questions and get answers from leaders," he said.

Fayose told Buhari to listen to wise counsel from the
Abdulsalami-led National Peace Committee, saying: “The Peace
Committee reminded the president that he is not heading a military
government and with the calibre of Nigerians in the Committee, their
wise counsel should not be ignored.

"These are Nigerians who don't need personal favours from the
president and he should get the message very clearly that he is being
told not to act as a dictator.”

The governor said the president should also know that Nigerians are
not interested in any honeymoon, but their well-being, “rather than concentrate and make a difference within his 100 days in
office, the president’s greatest achievement so far is harassment of
PDP leaders, appointment of his in-law and kinsmen into sensitive
positions, selective fight against corruption and arrest and detention
of INEC officials who worked in states won by the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).”