Ayodele Fayose, governor of
Ekiti state, has described the
report of the release of 82
Chibok girls from Boko Haram
captivity as a tactic aimed at
diverting attention away from the health status of
President Muhammadu
Buhari.
In a statement issued on his
behalf by Idowu Adelusi, his
chief press secretary, the
governor said it had become
the pastime of the Buhari
presidency that each time it was under fire for "under-
performance", it resorts to
"flying dubious kites and
selling cheap dummies" to
distract the people. i Maintaining his stance that
the Chibok girls were not
abducted, Fayose said: "What
is not missing cannot be
found… discerning Nigerians
understand that the stories do not add up". "Right now, a matter of
urgent national importance
arresting the attention of all
and sundry is that of the
president's health. While I
continue to pray, in conjunction with other
Nigerians, for the president's
quick recovery, I condemn
without equivocation this
shameless playing on the
intelligence and psyche of Nigerians taking undue
advantage of the vexed issue
of the so-called Chibok girls,"
the statement read. "It has become the style of
this government to distract
attention but the truth will be
told some day. "The questions are; Which
Chibok girls are they talking
about? Chibok girls who
purportedly were writing
Physics WAEC examinations
but cannot speak simple English? Chibok girls who
were shielded from the
media? Till today the media
have not been allowed access
to the so-called Chibok girls. "When is the next batch of
Chibok girls coming? When is
the next make-believe? "When there is the need for
another cover-up, distraction
and diversion of the people's
attention and focus, they will
fly their usual kite and sell
the self-same jaded dummy." Fayose said it was
unfortunate that Nigerians
refused to heed his warning
on not electing Buhari. "It is very unfortunate that
we brought ourselves to this
sorry pass. I sounded
warnings which,
unfortunately, were not
heeded," he said. "The intolerance of this
government and the way
they are trampling people's
rights, and abridging their
freedoms and liberties bring
echoes of the dictatorship and autocracy of Gen. Buhari's
first coming in 1985. "But, then, there will be a
new dawn for Nigeria very
soon. Keep hope alive
because there will be a new
dawn in our country sooner
than later. The hunger and suffering in the land are at an
unprecedented level right
now while the cluelessness
and incompetence of this
government beggars
believe."
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