Fayemi colluding with Supreme Court judges to sack me – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has accused his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of plotting to “come back to power through the backdoor,” by enlisting the support of the judiciary to reverse his victory in the June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state.
Fayose alleged that Fayemi and his allies in the Presidency are working with three Supreme Court judges to invalidate the 2014 governorship election result and bring the Minister of Solid Minerals back to power and suppress the electoral wishes of Ekiti people.
The governor, who addressed a press conference on Monday at the Osuntokun Lodge, Government House, Ado Ekiti, vowed to resist any attempt to steal the mandate given to him in what he described as “free, fair and credible election recommended as a model by international community, local and foreign election observers.”
He accused Fayemi of “name dropping” attempting to subvert democracy and turning Ekiti to a banana republic.
But the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Olayinka Oyebode, said Fayose would not be dignified with any response, describing the governor’s allegation as “laughable.”
Oyebode said: “The allegation is laughable, we will not want to dignify his allegation with any response. The wicked runneth when nobody pursueth.”
Fayose said one of the Supreme Court justices recently arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in a midnight sting operation alleged that a friend of Fayemi came to lobby him (the judge) to assist in reversing the 2014 governorship election result.
Alluding to an interview Fayemi granted THIS DAY newspaper in the edition of March 26, 2017 where the former governor reportedly described the 2014 governorship election as “unfinished business”, Fayose said he had to raise alarm because the alleged plot “has now reached an advanced stage.”
Apart from the newspaper interview, Fayose also claimed that Fayemi in meetings with chieftains and members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had boasted that he (Fayose) would be removed from office very soon.
He vowed not to back down from being the voice of opposition in Nigeria, advising the APC -led Federal Government to always do what is right and make life easier for Nigerians.