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  • Boko Haram: DHQ blasts Fayose, dismisses US report on its operations

    Sequel to a report indicting the Nigerian Army of being unable to hold down recaptured territories in the Boko Haram troubled North East, the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday dismissed the reports insisting that it captured the situation for 2016 and not as currently obtainable in 2017.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the report, published on July 19, highlights the successes and failings of the Nigerian Army in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists.

    It indicates that the Federal Government’s progress report on the fight against terror is merely a duplication of failed efforts carried over from the end of last year’s fighting season.

    The DHQ further noted that some people, who deliberately misinterpreted the report, wanted to pit the American government against the Nigerian military.

    The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, said this on Thursday in a release. He said the US report was not for January to July 2017 and hence could not be taken as the current security situation.

    The US Department of State Bureau for Counter-Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism had in the “Country Reports on Terrorism 2016” accused the military of not holding and rebuilding the North-East after clearing the Boko Haram terrorists, adding that security agencies failed to share intelligence reports on the terrorists.

    But Enenche said the work of “holding and rebuilding the North-East” as noted in the US report was not for the military, but for the state governments, paramilitary organisations and other stakeholders.

    He said, “Contrary to the picture given to Nigerians, the report did not cover only Nigeria; it included Niger, Cameroon and Chad. That is, it covered all the countries affected by Boko Haram terrorists’ menace. The report is not being objectively analysed by some mis-informers because of their ulterior motive.

    “The report was for 2016 and not January to July 2017. Hence, attributing the assertion that the military failed to hold and rebuild the North-East to be current is rather wicked and should be disregarded. After the decimation of the terrorists’ strongholds, other security agencies such as the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have been taking hold of areas cleared by the military.”

    “Furthermore, rebuilding of civilian structures and institutions is not a military task. It is purely the responsibility of government of which a lot is being done. The efforts of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states are evident in this regard. Equally important are the efforts of the Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative.”

    Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army on Thursday lashed out at the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, over his comments on corruption in the military and the upsurge of the Boko Haram terrorists, urging the governor to seek other avenues for his relevance.

    The Army’s reaction is contained in its official Twitter handle. It alleged that Fayose, who is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, had politicised security issues and military operations.

    Fayose had on Wednesday in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said the United States “Country Report on Terrorism 2016” and the Transparency International report revealed corruption in the military.

    Fayose had noted that it confirmed his earlier position that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government lied to Nigerians that the Boko Haram terrorists had been technically defeated.

    “With over 120 Nigerians killed by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State last month alone, it is necessary for the Federal Government to face the reality that it has a very long walk to victory in the fight against the insurgents. The report by the US Government has further lent credence to earlier revelation by the TI that despite President Muhammadu Buhari government’s anti-corruption fight, corruption in the military is weakening Nigeria’s efforts to battle Boko Haram,” Fayose had said.

    But the army replied on its official Twitter handle that the governor was seeking relevance.

    “Governor Ayodele Fayose should stop politicising the military and military operations. Seek other avenues for your relevance. The army today is not corrupt,” the Army tweeted.

  • Fayose appoints new commissioners

    Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Friday named new members of the State Executive Council.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Fayose had about a month ago dissolved the Ekiti State Executive Council.

    The appointment of the new commissioners was contained in a statement by Fayose’s Special Adviser on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka.

    Those appointed and their designations are Barrister Kola Kolade, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice; Hon. Ayo Alabi. Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; Hon Lanre Ogunsuyi, Information, Youths and Sports; and Hon Taye Otitoju, Lands.

    Others are Hon. Gbenga Olajide, Budget and Planning; Hon Jide Egunjobi, Education, Science and Technology; Chief Tunde Ogunleye, Water Resources; and Olayinka Ogundayomi, Women Affairs.

  • Kalu blasts Fayose over attacks on Buhari, says ‘divert your energy on delivering good governance to Ekiti people’

    A former Governor of Abia State, Dr.Urji Uzor Kalu has warned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to focus on delivering good governance to the people of his state rather than attacking President Buhari’s health condition.

    He urged Fayose to focus his criticism on performance and not personality the personality of Buhari who is presenting on medical vacation in London.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that President Buhari traveled for medical check-up in London on Sunday, May 7, more than a month he came back into the country from a previous medical vacation.

    Kalu said this while delivering a paper titled ‘Mainstreaming Igbo in Nigeria’, as guest speaker during the inauguration of Igbo Support group for Governor Yahaya Bello in Lokoja.

    The former Governor also blasted Governor Fayose over a statement credited to him that he was deceiving the Igbos by dumping the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for the All Progressive Congress (APC).

    Kalu, however, noted that Fayose and him were still friends but that the Ekiti governor goofed to say that he was deceiving Igbos for defecting to APC.

    “Fayose should endeavour to show the people of Ekiti the essence of good governance rather than engaging himself on unnecessary criticism of Mr. President and others perceived as arch enemies”, he added.

    The Abia born politician noted that he once engaged ex President Olusegun Obasanjo while in office as governor, adding that he criticized him on the issues of third term agenda and road construction in the East.

    “I have never attacked the personality of the former President Obasanjo like Fayose always drags the name of President Buhari to mud, particularly his health related issues”, he stated.

  • Fayose blasts FG, says ‘Boko Haram conquering more territories, war against insurgents not won’

    Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has faulted claims by the ruling All Progressives Congress that the Federal Government is winning the war against insurgents in the country.

    The governor in a press release issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, argued that Boko Haram had yet to be defeated and had not even been degraded.

    He stated that the brutal killings by Boko Haram all over the place contradicted the lie by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government that it had won the battle against the insurgency.

    “The battle is not over yet. In fact, it is raging fiercer than ever before. The gory killing of the oil workers confirms this. The wanton destruction of lives and property all over the place by Boko Haram also testifies to this fact.

    “Like the ostrich, this government is trying hard to cover what cannot be covered. Boko Haram ambushes and kills soldiers at will.

    “Gallant officers and men continue to fall in battle to the superior firepower and higher morale of the insurgents.

    “Boko Haram invades and sacks communities at will, carting away human beings and other resources.

    “The insurgents throw bombs with reckless abandon. Is this the evidence of a degraded or defeated Boko Haram?”

    The governor noted that the Federal Government should be more proactive by providing the needed facilities to boost the morale of the military in order to win the war and restore peace to the troubled North East region.

  • Buhari directs my calls to his CSO, we’ve not spoken in two years – Fayose

    Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said he felt insulted when his calls to President Muhammadu Buhari were directed to his (Buhari’s) Chief Security Officer, CSO, thus his (Fayose’s) refusal to call him (Buhari) on personal grounds again for over two years now.

    Fayose, who has been critical of the President’s administrative policies even before assuming power, said he refused to speak with the President’s security chief to whom his calls to the Presidential Villa were diverted because he considered it an “insult”.

    He also spoke on ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Third term bid, how the late President Umaru Yar’Adua was picked as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in 2007, among other issues, in an interview published by The Interview magazine.

    He said: “Well, we met twice or so during the Council of State meetings. There is nothing personal. I represent Ekiti State, he represents Nigeria. That is the basis of our interaction. Nothing personal.

    Asked if he had said as much as ‘hello’ to the President, Fayose added: “No.”

    “For me, during our meeting, whenever any issue arose and I felt I should make a contribution, I raised my hand and spoke. That is it.

    “I remember I tried to call him several times before he took ill. Then, there was this day I called again and the switchboard told me that any call from me must be diverted to President Buhari’s Chief Security Officer (CSO). And I felt that was very insulting.

    “The CSO to the President is an ordinary policeman, who I assume, is just a little over and above my own CSO. I am a governor, a governor of a state. I felt that was an insult to the people of Ekiti State I represent.

    “Yes my calls to him (the President) were diverted twice to the CSO. I refused to talk to the CSO because I consider it insulting.”

    On the aborted Third Term agenda of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Fayose said bribed were offered.

    He said while the principal officers of the National Assembly in 2006 got N100million each, the other lawmakers were given N50million each.

    He alleged that the former President knelt down for the late Libyan leader Mouamar Ghaddaffi to seek his backing for Third Term.

    He also said Obasanjo knew about the ill-health of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua before he was picked as PDP candidate.

    Fayose said: “Yes it is true. The people I am going to mention here, two of the key players are now dead. That position of Presidential Selection Committee that I headed was set up by all PDP governors. Initially, they wanted Dr. Olusegun Agagu. Then, the majority insisted that they wanted Fayose. So, since the majority wanted me, Baba (Olusegun Obasanjo) invited me to Ota and encouraged me to go ahead. I remember the committee was made up of Governors Danjuma Goje, Ahmed Makarfi, Bukola Saraki, James lbori, me and one other person who I cannot remember now. I want to tell you that, at some point, the majority of the committee was more disposed to having Markafi as the presidential nominee. l and one other person were the only dissenters

    “. So, as a loyal Obasanjo boy then, I went to Obasanjo and told that this committee that was set up, everybody seemed to prefer Markafi except me and one other person and we were in the minority.

    “Five out of seven governors wanted Makarfi. Then Obasanjo pointedly told me that Markafi was too smart and would not be easily controlled by him and, therefore, I must ensure that Markafi did not emerge the presidential candidate. He mandated me to be briefing him often about the way things were going.

    “He confided in me that whether it was Markafi or anybody that he was not prepared to leave. At that time, the Third Term agenda had begun to unfold in Abuja. I can tell you that l was co-opted into the secret committee that was behind it. In that body, we had had this senator from Plateau, Ibrahim Mantu, Senator Andy Uba and many others. We were the key players. Let me tell you the truth: at that time, I did not have a choice. l was just a young man without experience.

    “…The senators started at about 11am in the morning and by 1 pm each senator was asked to stand up and say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ before live television coverage whether they supported Third Term or not, and the majority had their way. So Obasanjo’s dream of Third Term was shut down. Thereafter, he called a national meeting of PDP, termed reconciliation meeting and denied that he asked or worked for Third Term.

    “Meanwhile, before that time, N50 million was given to every federal lawmaker to support Third Term. The majority collected the money and still voted against Third Term. Principal officers got N100 million each. Where did that huge sum of money come from?”

    Fayose opened up on the politics behind the choice of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua as a presidential candidate of PDP.

    He said the current Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi was sidelined in favour of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

    He added: “Let me now come to the Yar’Adua issue. Obasanjo now called me and said, ‘Now that Third Term has failed, you should go ahead with the PDP committee. And in order for me to check those rooting for Markafi, I should go and sound Yar’Adua out on the ticket. He told me, ‘Don’t tell him I asked you to come. You psyche him up’. So, l met Yar’Adua in his lodge in Katsina. I met Yar’Adua in the company of Yakubu Tanimu (who became his influential chief economic adviser) and his police orderly.

    “I remember that while our interaction lasted, the orderly knelt down close to Yar’Adua. I acted as directed by Obasanjo, but the man told me expressly that he was not well enough to aspire to be Nigerian president; that the job would be too rigorous for him.

    “After much persuasion, he then told me the only condition under which he might consider running was if all stakeholders would sign up and reach an agreement to pick him as the consensus candidate because he did not want any hassles.”

    He said: “ I remember, before then, Yar’Adua was hardly attending Council of State meetings because of his health. So, l went to tell Baba what Yar’Adua told me. On the issue of Yar’Adua’s ill-health. I remember Obasanjo told me, ‘Don’t worry about his sickness; government money dey to manage his ill-health.’ Baba told me to go and put the outcome of my interaction with Yar’Adua in writing.

    “Then Masari became the first loser; because, until then, Bello Masari as the Speaker of House of Reps was very loyal to Baba and did all the dirty jobs Baba wanted him to do, with the promise that he would be made the next Katsina governor after Yar’Adua. But once Yar’Adua became anointed as PDP candidate, he preferred Shema to be his successor. That was one of the conditions he listed. That was how a wedge came between Yar’Adua and Masari.

    “That was the genesis of the rift between Shema and Masari up until today. Shema was then the deputy national chairman of PDP. That was how Masari defected to CPC. What I am trying to say is that Obasanjo engineered all the bitterness that exists in Katsina politics today.”

     

  • Obasanjo used me to wreck Atiku’s presidential ambition – Fayose

    • Obasanjo knelt down to beg Ghaddafi for third term
    • ‘Atiku’s mistake was not “killing” Obasanjo after capturing him’

    Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has made some of the most far-reaching revelations yet about the years in office of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

    Fayose said in the current edition of The Interview that Obasanjo used him to wreck the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the chance of former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Markafi, becoming the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in 2007.

    He said in his naivety, Obasanjo also used him to attack former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, among other political foes.

    In a statement, the MD/Editor-In-Chief, Azu Ishiekwene, described the edition as “a window on a dark and troubling past and a must read for any important political figure who has crossed Fayose’s path in the last 18 years.”

    Fayose told The Interview that the scale fell off his eyes when on a trip with former President Obasanjo to Tripoli, Libya, where Obasanjo had gone to ask Moummar Ghaddafi to support his Third Term bid, the former Libyan president treated Obasanjo like a serf.

    Recalling the encounter he said, “It was such a pathetic scenario, so shameful. Obasanjo was speaking rapidly like a parrot. I was shocked beyond words. I never knew Obasanjo would be that humble.

    “He was on one knee till the end of the conversation. Gadaffi kept quiet and was just watching Obasanjo. When Obasanjo stopped rambling, Gadaffi said, ‘Have you finished? Just know that I will not attend that meeting. I have other engagements.”

    He also revealed how on two major occasions when he went to visit Atiku at the height of Obasanjo’s Third Term bid, security details promptly reported him to the former president, even before he left the venue, leaving him feeling spooky and vulnerable.

    On the Obasanjo-Atiku saga, Fayose said, “Obasanjo told me that when you capture a general and you don’t kill him, he’ll come back and kill you; that since Atiku tried to stop him and failed, he must pay for it. And he (Atiku) is still paying for it.”

    In a statement that could reverberate beyond Nigeria’s shores, Fayose said he knew, as an insider at the time, that Obasanjo betrayed former Liberian President, Charles Taylor to induce U.S. support for this Third Term bid, after promising Taylor safe haven in Nigeria.

    He revealed how the current Chairman of the PDP was sidelined in favour of a sick and stubbornly reluctant Umaru Yar’Adua and his role in it as chairman of the Presidential Selection Committee.

    Fayose warned Kalu against “selling” the Igbo down the river “for cheap politics” and blamed President Muhammadu Buhari’s government for making IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu popular.

    He also spoke on his attempts to reach Buhari directly; former governor Kayode Fayemi’s relationship with APC leader Bola Tinubu; and futile attempt to discourage former governor Peter Odili from accepting Obasanjo’s dummy that he was heir apparent.

     

  • Sagay blasts Fayose over comments on Buhari, says ‘he’s an embarrassment to Nigeria’

    The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay, has lambasted Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State over comments credited to the governor on President Muhammadu Buhari’s health.

    Itse described Fayose as an “irresponsible clown who constitutes a national embarrassment”.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sagay made the claim while reacting to Fayose’s recent threat to release damaging photographs of President Muhammadu Buhari to prove that he is critically ill in London.

    Fayose, while addressing reporters had said, “If they go further and try to continue to deceive Nigerians, I will release about 11 damaging pictures anytime from now on the President’s health.”

    But, Sagay in his reaction to the statement cautioned the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum against his comments, saying he embarrasses himself and his position each time he speaks.

    Sagay said, “Fayose is an irresponsible clown. Given his age and position, he is an embarrassment to this country. Each time he opens his mouth, he reduces his non-existent esteem”.

    “He does have any esteem, so whenever he talks, he just reduces himself to nothingness. So, he is talking rubbish and should be ignored. I believe he has been ignored at the federal level. Let that continue.”

     

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that President Buhari traveled for medical check-up in London on Sunday, May 7, more than a month he came back into the country from a previous medical vacation.

  • PDP: Between Obasanjo and His ‘Boys’ – Michael West

    PDP: Between Obasanjo and His ‘Boys’ – Michael West

    By Michael West

    The recently resolved protracted leadership crisis that rocked the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for more than a year was understandable. Nobody will throw stones at fruitless trees. Because of the comparative advantages of the erstwhile ‘biggest party in Africa’ over and above other parties, including the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, the PDP has passed through the furnace and storms. According to its leaders, this baptism of fire has enabled the party to navigate its path through leadership turbulence to emerge stronger, better, more focused and deeply united.

    More than any other political party in the history of Nigeria, the PDP enjoyed a wider spread across the six geo-political zones of the federation. It has solid structures to command easy win in electoral contests. That was why the conflict of interests for the soul of the party was fierce. It is a well-known fact that the PDP lost the presidency in 2015 largely due to its internal problems. For instance, without the ‘New PDP’ faction that included five governors and some influential National Assembly members that defected to the APC, it would have been impossible to oust the party out of power.

    Lack of good media relations, which the then opposition party appropriated to its advantage, was another factor that bruised the party beyond immediate recovery. Who is to blame for this? I will drop this laxity at the door steps of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He laid the foundation for impunity by choosing which court orders to obey. He didn’t care a hoot about building good media relations for the party simply because he was in power. The ‘I don’t care attitude’ became entrenched such that when the party really needed media support, there was no fraternity within the fourth estate of the realm to side with it in moments of crisis.

    In retrospect, before Obasanjo was thrown to jail under the guise of a phantom coup by the Gen. Sani Abacha military junta in 1995, he never associated with the leaders of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, peopled by progressive minds, leaders of thought, and political movements across the country; the coalition was led by the late Chiefs Michael Adekunle Ajasin and Anthony Enahoro. The coalition’s leading light also included Pa Abraham Adesanya, Bola Ige, Solomon Lar, Ayo Adebanjo, Ebuti Ukiwe, Alani Akinrinade, Lulu Briggs, Abubakar Rimi, Bola Tinubu and many other dignitaries too numerous to mention. Even Prof. Wole Soyinka, Gani Fawehinmi, Olisa Agbakoba, Mike Ozekhome and Beko Ransome-Kuti were all allies of NADECO. Obasanjo never associated or tagged along with them but these same people championed the national and international clarion call for his release.

    At the dawn of a new political dispensation in 1998 after Abacha and M.K.O Abiola’s sudden but mysterious death, the coalition transited to a political party, which is the PDP. However, the Generals had proposed Obasanjo as the candidate in whom they were well pleased; thus Obasanjo was offered the presidential ticket on a platter. It is this same PDP that he almost ran out of town after enjoying presidential power for eight uninterrupted years. His confidants said he did what he did because the PDP leadership under Jonathan was planning to expel him; so he pulled a fast one on them.

    Obasanjo/Jonathan’s face-off was the kernel of the crisis that almost buried the PDP. This started with Obasanjo’s 18-page open letter to Jonathan, which contained a litany of allegations spanning abuse of office, poor handling of issues of governance, ethnicity, desperation for second term in office, anti-party activities, among others. I think underestimating Obasanjo and his caustic tongue was a regrettable mistake made by Jonathan and his handlers; this eventually led to the loss of power at the centre by the PDP. Frankly, Obasanjo’s factor resonated in the defeat of his erstwhile party. The five governors, National Assembly members and party chieftains that defected to the APC received Obasanjo’s nod before they did, as the former president’s Hilltop mansion became a Mecca of sorts, where homage-paying political pilgrims streamed endlessly for consultation. He openly identified with the APC and worked assiduously for it to the detriment of the platform that gave him the presidency for eight years. The sole reason Obasanjo went this far was to prove a point to Jonathan; the interests of the nation, her people, and the party do not matter when Obasanjo is at war.

    When Senators Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi’s struggle for control of PDP escalated, Obasanjo’s regular ‘death sentence’ pronounced on the party at every public appearance further drown the interest of the party in the heart of its members; and this stimulated the exit of a quantum of its members on a daily basis. When Sheriff visited Obasanjo for consultation on the PDP crisis, his response was that the party was a ‘dying’ baby. In 2015, he had asked his local party chairman to publicly shred his membership card as a mark of disrespect for the PDP. All these crystalized into giving the party a bad image. I believe Obasanjo could still have fought Jonathan, orchestrate his defeat like he did without destroying the party.

    After Obasanjo had done his worse, the task of rebuilding the ‘dying’ PDP started in earnest following the loss of the presidential election to the coalition of opposition parties renamed the APC. The war against corruption targeted at the officials of the ousted PDP administration further slowed down the rescue mission. In the process, more members jumped ship into the ruling party ostensibly for ‘safety’ and ‘soft landing’ in case of any probe. Consequently, the voice of opposition was silenced! Nobody wanted to be hounded into detention or get media trial or be haunted by the Directorate of State Security Service, DSS and the almighty Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. For those who chose to remain in PDP, mum became the word.

    However, Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State took up the gauntlet. He found allies in Femi Fani-Kayode and Reno Omokiri. The trio, led by Fayose, were always on hand to respond to allegations and put the government on its toes over its actions, inactions, and statements. Fayose especially offered more than the APC had bargained for. Fani-Kayode won’t let the oligarchy get away with any sinister motives, moves, and clandestine sectarian agenda. Omokiri often debunked the APC’s inaccuracies with facts and figures. In recent months, not much has been heard from Alhaji Lai Mohammed. This implies that Fayose et al have successfully overwhelmed the propaganda machinery of the APC; no thanks to Senator Bola Tinubu’s ‘Siddon look’ posture in recent times, an action which has mellowed the media fireworks of the ruling party.

    Perhaps due to strategic reasons, Fayose and Nyesom Wike led a few others to lure Sheriff to assume the vacant position of PDP chairman following the resignation of Alhaji Adamu Muazu after the electoral defeat of the party. The immediate outcry and massive disapproval of the choice, which reminded the party that Sheriff groomed the Boko Haramists as political foot soldiers before they became a security issue, necessitated his removal. Apparently feeling used and dumped, Sheriff then became a thorn in the flesh of the ailing party. That was how the issue degenerated to a legal battle from the high courts through to the Apex court, which eventually returned the party to the real custodians. It is victory at last for PDP’s combatant soldiers, especially Fayose and Fani-Kayode.

    The Supreme Court judgment was victory for every loyal member of the PDP. Starting with the governors, federal lawmakers, BOT, NEC, and party members. I think Fayose and Fani-Kayode in particular should be commended for their doggedness and resolute determination despite intimidation, harassments, and name-calling by those who see them as irritants. These are once-upon-a-time, dyed-in-the-wool Obasanjo’s boys who are back on the trenches trying to effect a serious repair work to undo the havocs wrecked by their erstwhile political godfather. Whether or not they will succeed, time will tell.

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  • Video: Fayose intensifies campaigns, highlights support from IPOB

    Not minding the stipulations of the electoral law, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has continued to intensify a subtle national political campaign to position himself, obviously, for bigger political responsibility.

    In Nigeria, campaigns are only allowed in compliance with Section 30(1) of the Electoral Act 2010(as amended) which provides that notice of election shall be issued not later than 90 days before the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission.

    Recall TheNewsGuru.com published yesterday that Fayose who is also the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum had launched his presidential campaign on his Facebook page.

    Fayose had on several occasions declared that he would kick the All Progressives Party, APC, led federal government out of office in 2019.

    The governor had initially said he would approach the Supreme Court to determine his eligibility to contest for the state governorship election due to his inability to complete his first term in office. This follows court’s ruling dismissing his impeachment.

    Watch a video published on Facebook by his spokesperson, Olalere Olayinka, who indicated with the caption “It is Fayose everywhere you go” that his principal has gotten the national appeal needed to take over Aso Rock is for real.

    However, TheNewsGuru.com gathered that the video was an was taken on the 25th of April, 2017 when Fayose visited the Federal High Court Abuja to show support to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.