An undaunted Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti State, has said he will not abscond from Nigeria when his immunity from criminal prosecution elapses in October.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is not afraid of anything. What are they going to do to him. Is EFCC the court of law?\u201d Mr Fayose\u2019s spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, told PREMIUM TIMES Sunday night, disclosing that he had talks with the governor over his future without immunity within the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Mr Fayose, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is slated to hand over power to Kayode Fayemi, who flipped Ekiti State to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday\u2019s governorship election, on October 16.<\/p>\n
Mr Fayemi defeated Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, Mr Fayose\u2019s deputy and PDP\u2019s candidate, to reclaim the only South-west state held by PDP.<\/p>\n
Mr Olayinka said there was no way the EFCC would be able to pin anything on his principal, whom he said would be willing to turn himself in after leaving office.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince 2015 that they started talking about Sambo Dasuki, how many Nigerians have they convicted?\u201d Mr Olayinka said. \u201cThat was how they lied that the governor had a property on Gana Street in Maitama and nothing came out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Olayinka said Ekiti has been \u201cunder siege\u201d since the electioneering kicked into full gear two weeks ago in the state, a situation he said persisted even after the federal government had its favourite person as winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governor will hand over when the day comes in October,\u201d Mr Olayinka said. \u201cAnd if it is necessary that he should go to the EFCC for questioning after leaving office, he will go and meet them.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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