Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, Wednesday said he will

not stop criticizing the Federal Government over its bad policies

despite the recent clamp down on state officials by men of the

Department of State Security (DSS).

The governor, who arrived the state from Abuja where he had been since

Sunday to attend PDP meeting, said no policy of the FG that is

inimical to the welfare of the people would be spared his

condemnation.

According to a press statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press

Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose who was reacting to the

development for the first time since DSS officials invaded the House

of Assembly Complex, Ado-Ekiti and whisked four lawmakers away said he

remained resolute in his determination to criticise obnoxious policies

of the president in the interest of Nigeria and our democracy.

The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, was also arrested by

DSS officers but was released late Tuesday night.

“The Bible says people with God are in majority. This is not the

first time people will harass me. It is a conspiracy and it will

collapse like other attempts before it. I will remain critical of the

activities of the Federal Government, especially when they do things

that are inimical to the welfare of Nigerians.

“Imagine the questions they asked my Commissioner for Finance, they

asked him if the Federal Government has reimbursed the state

government on works done on federal roads. But the records are with

them in Abuja, can’t they check? We have nothing to hide and they

are only chasing shadows and are time wasters.

“Telling the Federal Government that the economy is in trouble and

that the President should stay at home to face governance is not a

crime and is part of my rights as a citizen of this country. I am

like a tree planted by the bank of a river that brings forth its

fruits in due season,” he said.

On the allegation that some people offered some lawmakers $1 million to impeach him, the governor expressed implicit confidence in the lawmakers.

“I am just coming from Abuja and I know that our lawmakers are solid

guys and their future and mine are tied together. When the APC was at

its peak in the state and they wanted to use 19 lawmakers to impeach

me, they failed woefully and they will still fail again. This is a

storm in a tea cup. They are not just starting I defeated them in all

courts in the land. I won’t deter from saying the truth about the FG.

“We are in the morning we have not seen what the night is going to be.

If it is me that brought myself here they will succeed, but if it is

God, they will have to first overcome God before overcoming me,” the

governor said.