Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari has no moral justification to persuade Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said only leaders like Goodluck Jonathan and John Mahama who lost elections and conceded defeat could prevail on Jammeh to step down.
Fayose wondered what Buhari, “whose government is desperately moving Nigeria from a multi-party democracy to a one-party state, would have told Jammeh.”
He said, “With what happened in Rivers State last weekend, it is certain that the votes of Nigerians will no longer be allowed to count as the All Progressives Congress cabal in the Presidential Villa has now assumed the role of INEC, allocating votes to their party and using security agents to force their will on the people.
“Did President Buhari face Jammeh and advised him to accept defeat the way he (Buhari) conceded defeat in 2003, 2007 and 2011 when violence was instigated and several people, including the members of the National Youth Service Corps were killed?
“How can Buhari, who has destroyed the legacy of free, fair and credible election in Nigeria, be the one to prevail on someone else to adhere to democratic principles?”
Fayose also said Buhari could behave like Jammeh if he loses in 2019.
“Nigerians are worried about the possibility of Buhari behaving like Jammeh in 2019 after he must have been defeated. The international community may need a high-powered delegation to take out his rampaging bull out of Nigeria’s china shop,” the governor said.
