APC condemns Fayose’s rant against Buhari

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has condemnedGovernor Ayo Fayose’s allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari harbours an agenda to “islamise” Nigeria.

Fayose reportedly made the statement in Port Harcourt on Friday at a service to mark Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s Supreme Court victory.

The APC in a statement yesterday by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, described Fayose’s latest attack on Buhari as “a disgraceful conduct intended to sway public sympathy in his favour”.

The party said the governor’s public conduct “has made Ekiti people a laughing stock among decent people and has put the state at the receiving end of Nigerians’ evaluation of Ekiti people’s character”.

Olatunbosun said Fayose’s tirades could be traced to a deliberate scheme to set Nigerians against the President.



He said Fayose had a reason for appointing himself opposition leader “even when reasonable people know that he is the least qualified for that role based on his uninspiring antecedents”.

The APC spokesman said the President has been fair to adherents of other religions.

“If anyone is guilty of religious bigotry, it is Fayose who did not deem it fit to consider Muslims for appointments in his administration,” Olatunbosun said.

He urged the governor to apply himself to the new spirit of a New Nigeria, where Nigerians live in religious and political harmony.

“We have always raised the alarm that Fayose is dangerous and a threat to the law.

“We advise Nigerians to see him as a rabble rouser bent on sabotaging our unity for his private comfort.”