Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he is not afraid of arrest or detention and as a result would continue to bare his mind on issues affecting the country.
The former governor said this on Wednesday in a statement issued by his media aide, Lere Olayinka.
Reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, Fayose said that Nigerians deserved to be praised for their courage during the presidential and National Assembly elections.
He said, “Rather than a word of congratulation to President Buhari, who will be leading our country against our wish as a nation, Nigerians are the ones who deserved to be praised for their courage.
“This election will remain in the annals of our history as a nation as a bare-faced rape on democracy.
“Rather than celebrating today, Nigerians, especially those whose loved ones were brutally murdered for a cabal to sustain their hold on the country are moody and sad. However, in their quiet moment, they are consoled with the fact that no one can attain everlasting joy by subjecting others to perpetual sorrow.
“Definitely, the blood of those innocent Nigerians that were murdered just to actualise this inordinate ambition will speak justice on the heads of the perpetrators and beneficiaries of the killings and also speak better things for our tomorrow, having paid the supreme prize.
“As already known, I am not afraid of arrest and detention. I have been persecuted and still being persecuted because of my stand on national issues and I will remain undaunted.
“Let me, therefore, commend Nigerians and tell them that they should not lose hope because help will come someday.
“As for the President; no victory songs for him, he should rather begin a soul-searching, constantly asking himself why he opted to drag Nigeria and its democracy back to the FEDECO years of 1979 and 1983 in which votes were merely allocated to candidates.”
