I Won’t Allow Sycophants Derail Me Again –Fayose

     

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, yesterday said that his administration would resist every attempt by syco­phants to mislead his administration.

 Fayose dropped the hint yesterday, while giv­ing his testimony before a large crowd that thronged the Deeper Life Bible Church in Ado Ekiti, the state capital even as he described his return to office as rare and divine. “My Secu­rity aides and political aides like Chief Dayo Okondo were incarcerated for three and half years without committing any offence. I won’t allow sycophants to derail me again, ” Fayose disclosed while recounting the dark days of his first term in office.

Speaking during the thanksgiving ceremony, Fayose said, “my return to government is not common in history. It is a rare miracle. During the seven and half years of my political wilderness, I was taken to court over what I knew nothing about, 59 times, aside the 45 days I spent in Ikoyi Prisons during my trial by the EFCC.

Fayose, who said he had forgiven all his traducers and sees nobody as enemy to fight, noted, “having a second chance is very rare. If this time has been in the Bible days, my name would have been one of the names to be recorded as those whom God gave a second chance.

He narrated his ordeal further, “All my property were left in the Government House because I had to run for my dear life. So, this time my mission is to look after Ekiti people and not to fight anybody. I will not allow this position to go into my head or use it to oppress anybody. I don’t have anybody in mind to punish or any political battle to fight”, he said.

Meanwhile, the governor has promised to treat the traditional rulers with utmost respect. He applauded them particularly, for taking a harsh stand against those he accused of conniving with the judiciary to stall his inauguration.

On her part, the wife of the governor, Feyisetan Fayose, also relayed the daunting challenges the governor, herself and their close associates faced after Fayose’s forceful ouster from government on October 16, 2006.

In her testimony, Mrs Fayose said that God gave her the revelation of her husband’s return shortly after his exit on October 16, 2006. “ God revealed to me that my husband, Mr Ayodele Fayose will return as the governor, but he never told me the time.

“God told me that our return would be done in such a way that will beat the people’s imagination. But because of the trouble we went through, at a time, I prayed to God to please push my husband out of politics. Later, God told me that He would leave him there for him to prove His power.

“After we left office, Gen Tunji Olurin came, Segun Oni and come Governor Kayode Fayemi and today God has manifested His power. This is not by our power or strength, but by the grace of God”.

Mrs Fayose disclosed further that her husband facilitated her closeness to God 19 years ago, when he took her to Deeper Life, “where I found God because I was deep in worldliness in terms of dressing and behaviour. Today God has taken my life and I thank Him for restoring our lost glory”.

In a letter addressed to Governor Fayose by the General Superintendent of the Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, urged the governor to rule the state with the fear of God and imbibe the tenets of “integrity, openness, transparency and prudence in the discharge of his duties”.

Kumuyi also reminded that “leadership, either temporal or political is divine. It is given by God. So you have to know the extent you have to go in moving closer to God as you preside over the affairs of this State. Be prudent with resources management and work for the socio-economic development of this State”

The Sun