- ‘This is his last game…it’s fight to finish’
A Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, Mrs. Abiodun Olujimi, has alleged that the Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, is planning to kill her.
Already, Olujimi has declared her ambition to contest for governor in the 2018 election in the state.
Olujimi, who is the deputy minority whip at the Senate, said Fayose was piqued because she once challenged him over his overbearing behaviour and attempts to personalise the affairs of the state.
“There is no doubt that the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, is seriously hunting for my life. I am not the only one, very soon the bubble will bust. You will see him suspending almost half of the members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly. He would frame them up for one thing or the other. Not only that, his Deputy, Dr. Olusola Eleka, is already done with that government; he may be suspended any moment next.”
She added, “Fayose wanted to be the face, the eye and god of PDP, not only in Ekiti State but throughout the South-West. He also wanted to be the only one running the affairs of the party in Nigeria.”
Olujimi, who is a former deputy governor of the state, also noted that, “Fayose behaves more like a thug who is not properly brought up to associate with a civilised group or society. He doesn’t want to be challenged and he doesn’t like people asking him questions. He is a semi-god. It is high time Ekiti people rose against him. Even before this time, I told him, your excellency, it is wrong to refer to yourself as the Speaker of Ekiti Assembly, it doesn’t sound civilised and it is undemocratic.
“I also told him; it is not too good to share all the contracts in Ekiti State between yourself and your family. He got very angry; he said, ‘Madam, you are very stupid, I made you I made you what you are. Who are you to challenge my authority?” He got me wrong and that was the genesis of my troubles with him.
On how Fayose allegedly issued a life threat to her and some PDP members in the state, the deputy chief whip of the Senate said Governor Fayose had called them to a meeting where they were warned not to contest against his candidate in the coming governorship election in the state.
“He later called some top PDP members to a meeting and warned us never to dream of contesting for the Ekiti governorship seat, not even me, not even Adeyeye, not even Surveyor Aluko or Eleka or anyone for that matter. He warned, ‘Anyone who goes against my order will pay dearly with his or her life.’ What kind of a man is that?
“He asked some elders of the party who are old enough to be his father to prostrate and beg him for working against the party in the past. What do you call that for goodness sake? We would not allow this mistake in Ekiti again; his time is up and up.”
Olujimi, however, concluded that “I say without any apologies, Fayose is an evil incarnate, no one goes up through him without coming back to kiss the dust. Mine will be his last game; it is a fight-to-the-finish battle.”
Meanwhile, all efforts to reach out to Ekiti State governor over the allegations were not successful, as calls put through his media aide, Mr. Lere Olayinka, received no response.
