Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has said that Nigerians should find out from former president Olusegun Obasanjo where he heard the rumours of a coup.
Governor Fayose, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said Nigerians needed to ask Obasanjo what formed the basis of his recent utterances.
According to him, “at his age, one would expect that the former president would not amplify rumours, as this may cause confusion in the polity.”
He said “Being a former military leader and also a retired general, whatever Obasanjo says will carry weight and some people will believe that. Whatever the case is, coup-making and plotting are no longer the vogue in the world. Anybody thinking along that line will be swimming against the tide and the consequences are there.
“After he said he had quit politics and publicly tore his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card, peace has returned to the PDP. Obasanjo should wait till after the elections when his candidate will be trounced and see how jubilant Nigerians will celebrate the victory for the continuation of democracy.
“After the impending victory of President Jonathan, Obasanjo can leave the country. The former President should also do away with the primitive idea that anything or anybody not coming from him is not good.
Governor Fayose added that being a beneficiary of the current democratic dispensation in the country, Chief Obasanjo should do everything humanly possible to defend democracy.
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