Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has taken a subliminal swipe at the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the result of the National Assembly Elections which saw his (Tinubu’s) perceived candidates, Femi Gbajabiamila and Senator Ahmed Lawan lose out on the positions of House of Representatives Speaker and Senate President respectively.
Speaking through a statement issued on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said: “with what happened at the National Assembly today, those who believed that they can turn Nigeria to their personal estate must have realised the futility of their efforts and the beneficiaries of this collective resolve by Nigerians must make sure that they do not fail the country.”
Speaking further the Governor, while congratulating the newly elected assembly leaders, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for steering clear of the assembly proceedings.
He said: “In particular, the emergence of Hon Yakubu Dogara as the House of Representatives Speaker is a lesson of life that what goes round will definitely come round.
“Today, Nigerians demonstrated to the entire world that our country has come of age democratically.
“Also, President Mohammadu Buhari, by not interfering in the process through which the National Assembly leadership emerged today, further demonstrated that as he said in his inaugural speech, he is indeed for everybody, and he is for nobody.
“What happened at the National Assembly today has rekindled my hope in the Nigeria Nation and my abiding faith in the supremacy of the people over those whose major interest is to assume the sole-ownership of the country. It also shows that it is not in all cases that the soul of this nation can be bought off the shelf with stupendous wealth.
“I congratulate Senator Bukola Saraki, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Hon Yakubu Dogara and Hon Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun for this well-deserved victory and I urge them to see their election as a call to the service of their fatherland.”
