What we only hear is president said this, where is the president? - Fayose

The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari on inconsistency in decision makings and his persistent absence from important official activities, specifically fingering out the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings, saying the country is being governed by proxy.

Fayose said; “Every day, what we hear is President said this, President said that without seeing the President in any official function and one is prompted to ask; where is the president?”

This statement was released by his governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, in Ado-Ekiti. He noted it was becoming glaring that a group of cabal has taken over the powers of the President.

The governor said; “I saw the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal on television responding to his suspension and what came to my mind was that there could actually be many presidents operating in the Buhari’s presidency.

“Perhaps, it is for this reason of possible existence of governments within the government of Buhari that confusion pervades the polity, with the President himself writing letter to the Senate to clear someone of wrongdoing and the same person being suspended three months after on the basis of the same allegation.

"It is also for this reason that the President nominated Ibrahim Magu to the Senate for confirmation as EFCC Chairman and the DSS, an agency under the Presidency wrote the Senate not to confirm him.

“Most importantly, the President did not attend the FEC meeting last week and the meeting did not hold this week under the flimsy excuse that Easter Break stalled it. How could Easter Break that ended on Monday be responsible for the inability to hold FEC meeting on Wednesday? Definitely, there is more to this than meets the eye.

“It has therefore become necessary that Nigerians hear the voice of their President and see him physically, not through surrogates or the cabal operating behind the scene."

Governor Fayose went further to described a President as the face and image of a country, encourage President Buhari to hold regular media chat in which Nigerians can ask questions what ever bothers them and proffer suggestions on how to grow the country.

“Since his first and only media chat was held in December 2015, Nigerians have not had opportunity of seeing their President address them directly and this is not the best approach to governance in democracy,”  he said.

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Try Dasuki and Nnamdi Openly- Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose condemned the federal government over its alledge plan to secretly try Nnamdi Kanu and Sambo Dasuki.

Governor Fayose

His media aid, Lere Olayinka said since the federal government has accused Dasuki, the former national security adviser to Goodluck Jonathan, of stealing $2.1 billion, then trial should also be in the open.

“If you were not afraid to call someone a thief in the market place, you should not be afraid to try such a person in the full glare of the public," he said.

“Since names of the would-be prosecution witnesses have already been made public, what agenda is the federal pursuing by insisting that its witnesses be given protection by the court by not allowing their names and addresses to be made public in the course of the trial.”

The Ekiti state governor said the trial of Dasuki should be televised live from the court so that he will also be able to defend himself in front of the whole world.

“You accused someone of corruption in the market place and the person you accused is saying he wants to defend himself in the market place too, but you, the accuser is insisting that the accused must be tried in your bedroom, I think someone is trying to hide something?”

Fayose went on the court proceedings of Nnamdi Kanu saying,

“They want Nnamdi Kanu tried secretly. They also want the former Col Dasuki (rtd) tried secretly. What are they afraid of? How is defence counsel going to cross-examine masked witnesses when their real identity cannot be ascertained? Why are the witnesses afraid to testify in an open court if truly they are witnesses of truth?

“Obviously, this is satanic. It is against all democratic norms and Nigerians must rise against it.

“Nigerians are now at the mercy of judiciary, which is the only institution that can save Nigeria from the full-blown dictatorship that the APC government has become.”

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