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All Progressives Congress member of the seventh house of representatives, Bamidele Faparusi, has warned strongly, the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, over his incessant flak on President Muhammadu Buhari.
Faparusi, who represented Ekiti South Federal Constituency 2, admonished Governor Fayose to face governance and stop dragging the name of Ekiti in the mud.
He stated that the governor's onslaught on the president has become a recurring decimal, The Punch reports. He stressed that it was glaring that governance under him had suffered a prodigious harm to the tate.
Fayose had, in a statement on Sunday, stated nobody could intimidate him because of his strong and truthful stance on national issues.
In a statement issued on Monday, Faparusi, expressed disappointment over Fayose’s utterances. He stated the governor who had allegedly taken intimidation, coercion and harassment of the opposition as a strategy to win elections could turn around and accuse Buhari of planning to destabilise his government.
"In the build up to the 2015 general election, Fayose chased all the 26 House of Assembly members away while also running after the state chairman of the APC, Chief Jide Awe, and over 300 influential members of our party over trumped-up charges, using the police," the APC leader alleged.
“Even in his own party, those seen not loyal to him were being intimidated or expelled from the party. Does Fayose's allegation have any strand of believability?” he asked.
He noted that the Ekiti State governor, who talked about intimidation, ought to know that he is the least of Buhari’s problems
Faparusi said, “Sinners run when no one pursues. Nigerians should know by now that Fayose’s barbaric nature does not represent the value Ekiti people stand for and, therefore, should not take any of his utterances serious as his illogical criticism of Mr. President is just aimed at striving to be in the news all the time and unfortunately for the wrong reasons.
“We will no longer tolerate his continual dragging of Ekiti’s towering image in the mud. We should ensure that Ekiti keeps its record as the most educated and sophisticated state in Nigeria and we won’t fold our arms and allow an opportunist to derogate the image that took years to build.”