Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of corruption after they failed to pay a N10 million compensation to his wife, Feyisetan after he sued them for harassment in 2009.
The governor made the remark while addressing members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other affiliated unions who had taken part in a nationwide rally against corruption tagged “Campaign for Good Governance.”
He said: “The commission has been evading the payment of N10 million it ought to pay to me over Appeal Court judgment when I sued EFCC for harassing my wife. Is that not corruption?”
He also enthused that the civil servants were also guilty of corruption since no politician or public office holder would be able to steal without the connivance of civil servants.
Speaking further, Governor Fayose described the anti-corruption drive of President Muhammadu Buhari as “mere propaganda” and could not be taken seriously if he refuses to probe members of his party.
His words: “No governor, minister or top political office holder can steal a penny from the treasury without the cooperation of the civil servants. We don’t write papers as politicians, but we only approve whatever the civil servants came up with.
“I consider the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari as mere propaganda. If you want to fight corruption, you have to do it by example. President Buhari must start from his party men. He should probe how his campaign was funded because he told Nigerians that he is a poor man.
“Whatever I say about Buhari should not be mistaken for hatred, I don’t hate him. But, he has to desist from fighting corruption with political face.
“I differed seriously with his anti-corruption war because he has been protecting other former heads of State, except President Goodluck Jonathan, who contested against him.
“What is happening to Halliburton’s scandal and other corruption cases perpetrated before Jonathan’s government? This is what I expected the labour to do. They should ask questions, rather than mere protests.”
