Fayose Blasts Buhari For Destroying The Economy |The Source

By Tosin Olatokunbo

Ayodele Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti state is one of the sworn enemies of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The former Ekiti helmsman hardly agrees with Obasanjo on anything, the latest of their disagreement, is his outburst against the ex –president over his comment on the death of billionaire Buruji Kasamu who died last month.

But the spate of insecurity across the country has brought the two antagonists together as both Obasanjo and Fayose have heaped the blame of incessant killings by criminal gangs on the failure of the federal government to rein in the perpetrators.

Obasanjo had last week criticised the Buhari government for being helpless in the face of clashes among ethnic groups in the country, adding that the country has become a failed state.

The former president spoke during a meeting organized by ethnic nationalities in Kaduna.

Barely a week after that incident, Fayose has also blamed the federal government for failure to pull the country from the brink of collapse, insisting that “only God will deliver Nigeria,” from her current predicaments.

Fayose said in an interview with Dele Momodu that the security situation in the country has never been this bad.

He also stated that the Buhari government has mismanaged the country’s economy.

According to him “Of all the Presidents, I don’t like Obasanjo ways, I tell you the truth; I don’t like his ways at all. Me and him we are not on the same page but Obasanjo is the only one-time Nigerian President that has helped this country here and there.

“The fact remains that if you look at the Obasanjo time, there are certain things he put in place and don’t forget, he saved this country a lot of money. He saved this country a lot of money. These people have squandered all we have. The way Obasanjo brought it down, they have taken it up.

“That was why what Obasanjo said today (Saturday), in a way, I agree with him. We don’t normally agree but I agree with him.

“When I started talking about President Buhari, even you, Dele Momodu, criticised me. Even you, Dele Momodu was looking at a saint in Buhari. Today, most of you now should cover your faces in shame, that you gave Nigerians a wrong road and a wrong path. It’s regrettable.”