Activist
lawyer Morakinyo Ogele has advised Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose to
resign from office or be chased out of the Government House by the
people, whose resources have been allegedly mismanaged in the last two
years of his administration.
Ogele, who spoke with reporters in a
telephone chat yesterday, warned Fayose against blackmailing Lagos
lawyer Femi Falana as being the mastermind of his latest brush with the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He stressed that Fayose was no longer
“fit and proper” to continue to occupy his seat as the governor
following revelations of alleged purchase of property within and outside
the country with public funds.
The National Coordinator of Ekiti
Redemption Group (ERG) regretted that Ekiti was again in the news for
the wrong reasons over the alleged involvement of Fayose in the sharing
of arms cash.
Ogele said judging by the probe of
Fayose by the aEFCC, the anti-graft agency has been vindicated for its
crackdown on the governor in 2006, which led to his removal from office.
He said: “I am now giving Fayose seven
days to resign from office, pack his bags from the Government House and
leave Ekiti, otherwise I will not hesitate to lead a massive protest to
chase him out of the Government House.
“I want to warn Fayose to leave Femi Falana out of his problems, he should stop saying Falana is the one trying to remove him.
“Fayose should tell the world whether it
was Falana that encouraged him to be involved in unprecedented
corruption and looting of the people’s commonwealth.
“He should also tell the world whether
it was Falana, who directed him to receive kickbacks from contractors.
He should equally tell the world whether Falana ordered him to be
involved in Dasukigate.
“There is no way Fayose can convince the
people of Ekiti State that he is fit and proper to rule Ekiti again
because he has ridiculed Ekiti people before the world and the people
are now regretting that Fayose is the governor of Ekiti State.
“By virtue of his conduct, Fayose has
shown that his indictment by the EFCC in 2006 was justified and there is
no way he can convince any right-thinking person that he has not looted
Ekiti funds.
“During his two-year misrule, he has
shown that he is the root of poverty, untimely deaths and disregard for
the rule of law prevailing in Ekiti State.”