The governor had two days ago met with hunters in the state, with a charge to them to prevent herdsmen from causing havoc in the state.
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They were paraded by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department, Julius Okoro.
She said those standing in the way of Governor Fayose are “obstructing the work of God,” adding: “The consequences will be too much for them.”
He said: “The President should rather take responsibility, apologize to Nigerians and stop blaming others for his failures because apologizing when you are wrong is the hallmark of honest and sincere leaders. What is wrong if he had said sorry to Nigerians who are at the receiving end of his bad policies? But in the case of President Buhari, he will always have someone to blame for his own failure.
In his New Year message to the people in Ado-Ekiti, the governor said: “The insufficiency of today will turn out to the abundance of tomorrow if we all improve on our efforts and dedication.”
A statement by the Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, also praised the President for considering members worthy of their appointments.
The Appeal Court, in its unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ahmad Belgore, said the lower court judgment delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on July 4, 2016 was a fundamental flaw and baseless.
Fayose said: “I salute George Weah’s courage and resilience in spite of the activities and machinations of oppressors and interlopers who blocked his victory 12 years ago.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Idowu Adelusi, quoted him to have prayed on his verified Twitter handle that God will be with the President’s family at this trying time.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some of the motorists that NAN correspondent met at the filing station on Wednesday morning were busy washing their faces with water.
The governor, who said the All Progressives Congress Federal Government should stop addressing Nigerians as if they were kindergarten pupils, added: “Fact is: NNPC does not have rights to spend money it generates from the sales of crude oil. It does not have the rights to swap crude oil for subsidy. Where is NNPC getting the money with which it is subsidizing petrol with N26 per litre? Is NNPC spending money from the sales of crude oil that should be paid into the federation account to pay subsidy?”
The party stated this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja and said the election was credible, free and fair.
Signing the budget at the Government House in Ado Ekiti, Fayose commended the assembly for ensuring its early passage.
Media reports quoting DMO figures had on Monday claimed that Fayose had borrowed N56 billion since assumption of office.
They want an order of injunction restraining the Federal Government and the 36 states governors, their agents, servants, privies, representatives in interest, howsoever called and by whatsoever name designated, from giving effect to the appropriation and/ or approval of appropriation of the sum of $1 billion or any other sum whatsoever, from the Excess Crude Account of the Federation, as contained in the decision made on December 15, 2017 unless and by means of statutory allocation by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
The Publicity Secretary of the APC, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement on Monday that the latest debts figures confirmed the party’s position that Fayose was deliberately borrowing recklessly for elephant projects awarded to his cronies companies for personal benefit.
Fayose on Saturday congratulated Buhari and said it would be honourable for the president to step down now, adding that he had served the nation as he could with advanced age.
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti, the Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, scoffed at the report of the panel, dismissing it as a product of a premeditated script by a Fayemi’s haters who were acting the script of Fayose.
The camp, organised by Little League District 01, comprising the South West states of Lagos, Oyo, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti, will be officially opened by the monarch at the Lekan Salami, Stadium in Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Counsel to the commission, Sunday Bamise, told the panel that all the witnesses called by the panel appeared except the former governor, who is now the Minister for Steel and Minerals Resources Development.