Former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, says many Nigerians have called him to apologise to him for criticising his stand on President Muhamadu Buhari.
Fayose is an ardent critic of Buhari before the President won the 2015 election and after his re-election in 2019.
Fayose, who was governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) apart from openly criticising the President, at some point bought advert spaces to warn Nigerians against electing the President in 2015, noting that Buhari was not fit to be Nigeria’s president.
In an exclusive interview with franktalknow.com, the ex-governor said many Nigerians who had fought him for criticising the President had called him to apologise to him.
He said, “So many people have called me to apologise to me. Then, they were telling me to leave Buhari alone. One of them is Dele Momodu, he openly apologised. Now, they are telling me that they never saw what Fayose saw.”
The former governor said a lot of things were wrong with Nigeria stating that the nation currently appears rudderless, insisting that the President does not have the capacity to rule.
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“So a lot is wrong. I told Nigerians times without number, that this government cannot offer them anything. But I was the blackleg at the time. I was the one saying too much truth at that time. They don’t want to hear Fayose speak. Today, many of them have called me to say they are sorry for criticising me, for not wanting to give Buhari a chance, but now they know what I said then was the truth. He has no capacity.
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Former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, says many Nigerians have called him to apologise to him for criticising his stand on President Muhamadu Buhari.
Fayose is an ardent critic of Buhari before the President won the 2015 election and after his re-election in 2019.
Fayose, who was governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) apart from openly criticising the President, at some point bought advert spaces to warn Nigerians against electing the President in 2015, noting that Buhari was not fit to be Nigeria’s president.
In an exclusive interview with franktalknow.com, the ex-governor said many Nigerians who had fought him for criticising the President had called him to apologise to him.
He said, “So many people have called me to apologise to me. Then, they were telling me to leave Buhari alone. One of them is Dele Momodu, he openly apologised. Now, they are telling me that they never saw what Fayose saw.”
The former governor said a lot of things were wrong with Nigeria stating that the nation currently appears rudderless, insisting that the President does not have the capacity to rule.
“So a lot is wrong. I told Nigerians times without number, that this government cannot offer them anything. But I was the blackleg at the time. I was the one saying too much truth at that time. They don’t want to hear Fayose speak. Today, many of them have called me to say they are sorry for criticising me, for not wanting to give Buhari a chance, but now they know what I said then was the truth. He has no capacity.
“The will is in the leader, the will to do, to conquer, to achieve is in the leader. Whatever the leader makes up for is what we will have. What Buhari has made of Nigeria is what we are getting. A country that is ready to silence every opposition figure, every dissenting view,” he said.
According to him, so many Nigerians are now suffering and smiling inside. “They never got what they bargained for. They are suffering and cannot talk so that the system doesn’t attack them.
“People call me and tell me, ‘my brother, you are a man, you have done well. We never saw that side of the story.’
“Buhari never won that election in the second tenure. Everybody was against Buhari’s administration and you can tell by the fact that he lost in Abuja. So, look at the current challenges in the country, the insecurity, education, health, commerce, everything.
“If there is no economy, we are in the midst of nowhere. So we currently have no president who can move our country forward.
“It is so bad now that people are even saying that the president is not the one in the office; this is an indication of how disappointed people are. When you are saying it is not Buhari that is in the villa, you know it is a wrong thing to say.
“When you listen to the way people are analyzing it, almost everybody today, about 70% of Nigerians have come to believe that the president is not the one in the villa, whereas I myself don’t believe this is true. But it is simply because they are disenchanted, there is no direction. No one is there for them anymore.
“They cannot see leaders in the 21st century. They are confused and looking at what is happening. When Trump was saying you have a lifeless president in Nigeria, it has gotten to that stage of decay.”
“The will is in the leader, the will to do, to conquer, to achieve is in the leader. Whatever the leader makes up for is what we will have. What Buhari has made of Nigeria is what we are getting. A country that is ready to silence every opposition figure, every dissenting view,” he said.
According to him, so many Nigerians are now suffering and smiling inside. “They never got what they bargained for. They are suffering and cannot talk so that the system doesn’t attack them.
“People call me and tell me, ‘my brother, you are a man, you have done well. We never saw that side of the story.’
“Buhari never won that election in the second tenure. Everybody was against Buhari’s administration and you can tell by the fact that he lost in Abuja. So, look at the current challenges in the country, the insecurity, education, health, commerce, everything.
“If there is no economy, we are in the midst of nowhere. So we currently have no president who can move our country forward.
“It is so bad now that people are even saying that the president is not the one in the office; this is an indication of how disappointed people are. When you are saying it is not Buhari that is in the villa, you know it is a wrong thing to say.
“When you listen to the way people are analyzing it, almost everybody today, about 70% of Nigerians have come to believe that the president is not the one in the villa, whereas I myself don’t believe this is true. But it is simply because they are disenchanted, there is no direction. No one is there for them anymore.
“They cannot see leaders in the 21st century. They are confused and looking at what is happening. When Trump was saying you have a lifeless president in Nigeria, it has gotten to that stage of decay.”
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