The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged
President Muhammadu Buhari to tread cautiously
and be mindful of the body language of those hailing
him today.

The governor, who said he was aware of sinister
plots to destabilise his government because of his
strong and truthful stands on national issues, vowed
to “continue to speak the truth no matter whose ox is
gored.”

Reminding the President that he is not heading a
military regime, Fayose added that he could not be
cowed by threats from any quarters.

According to a statement by his Special Assistant on
Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, Fayose urged Buhari to take the advice of
the former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami
Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, which told
him to tread cautiously.

The statement said, “Opposition is one of the roots
on which democracy stands and any President or
governor that does not want opposition will
eventually become a dictator.

“I want to state without fear or favour that I will
continue to speak the truth no matter whose ox is
gored.

“Nigeria belongs to all of us and no one can
intimidate me or the good people of Ekiti State who
freely and overwhelmingly gave me their mandate.

“Democracy as a form of government thrives on our
ability to ask questions and get answers from our
leaders.”

The governor urged the President to listen to wise
counsel from Abubakar.

“The Peace Committee has reminded the President
that he is not heading a military government and with
the calibre of Nigerians in the committee, their wise
counsel should not be ignored.

“These are Nigerians who don’t need personal
favours from the President and he should get the
message very clearly that he is being told not to act
as a dictator,” Fayose said.

Fayose, who also advised the President to know that
Nigerians were not interested in “any honeymoon,”
but their well-being, added that Buhari’s
achievements in his first 100 days so far were
“harassment of Peoples Democratic Party leaders,
appointment of his in-law and kinsmen into sensitive
positions, selective fight against corruption and
arrest and detention of INEC officials who worked in
states won by the PDP.”

While declaring support for the fight against
corruption, Fayose however noted that “fighting
corruption should not be synonymous with
convicting Nigerians on the pages of newspapers.”