Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council (FRC) of Nigeria, Mr. Jim Obazee not because of Pastor Adeboye’s resignation but because of his (Buhari) 2019 election ambition.
He made this assertion in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka on Tuesday.
He said: “When they realised the implication of their action on President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 ambition, especially the personality like Pastor Adeboye that’s involved, they quickly sacked an innocent man who must have acted on instruction.
“Obviously, their attention is more on 2019, not on justice and any love for the sustenance of Christianity in Nigeria. Mind you, they have only suspended the implementation of the regulation, they did not abrogate it. It is obvious that they have an agenda. And if you look at the president’s pattern of life, he is a sectional leader, whose appointments reflect sectionalism and nepotism.
“If men of God like Pastor Adeboye, Pastor W. F. Kumuyi, Bishop David Oyedepo, Bishop Mike Okonkwo and others cannot be GO of their church beyond 70 years of age, how do we now justify a man like President Buhari who is over 74 and still willing to be president beyond 2019 that he will be 77?
“Even if the law was made before President Buhari assumed office, who is to blame for its implementation? Could President Buhari have implemented a law he does not believe in and could the sacked FRC boss that they have now used as the fall-guy have implemented the law without the consent of the President?”
He questioned the speed at which the President reacted by sacking the FRC boss, asking; “Why was there no such swiftness in his action on Southern Kaduna killings where a race was almost wiped out, with people killed like goats? Why didn’t the President react swiftly to the Senate indictment of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and the EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu?
Hmm… This is a very thoughtful insight from Gov. Ayodele Fayose. I strongly believe everything said by him is the truth. We just need to respond and react wisely to the issues on ground. We are not in Abuja or Aso Rock. We don’t really know what’s going on.