Ekiti Governor, Fayose vows to lead opposition against APC, remains loyal to Jonathan even after May 29th handover

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has vowed to lead a robust and engaging

opposition against the All Progressives Congress in the country in general and in the South-West in particular.

In a statement he personally issued on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the governor said he had become a “prime demolition target” of the APC national leadership because of his “overt and unalloyed support for President Goodluck Jonathan during the campaigns.”

Women in Ikere Ekiti on Wednesday have also issued a seven-day ultimatum to the 19 APC lawmakers to back down from the impeachment proceeding against Fayose or they would “invoke the gods” against them.

The women in their hundreds started the protest as early as 5am at Oke Oja Area in Ikere Ekiti and danced round the town while chanting anti-APC lawmakers songs.

They warned that any attempt to impeach Fayose would spark violence in the state.

A senator-elect for Ekıtı North Senatorial district, Mr. Duro Faseyı, also warned the lawmakers led by the embattled Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omırın, against setting the state on fire.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekıtı, Faseyı described the last minute’s impeachment threat against the governor as “unnecessary vengeance and political error.”

Meanwhile, the Ekiti Council of Elders has promised to summon Fayose and the 19 APC lawmakers to a peace meeting to end the lingering crisis between the executive and the legislature.

Rising from an emergency meeting on Wednesday, the council in a press statement signed by its Chairman, Prof. Tunde Oluwasanmi and the Chairman, Committee for the Creation of Ekiti State, Chief Deji Fasuan, lamented the crisis rocking the state.

Fayose promised to remain loyal to Jonathan and be his last man standing even if all Nigerians deserted him.

He stated, “I wish to declare unequivocally that I remain loyal to President Jonathan even after May 29 as my support for his re-election and administration was not about bread-and-butter.”