Fayose: Jonathan Never Asked Me To Resign Over Impeachment Notice

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Monday said nobody never asked him to resign as the governor contrary to the rumour being peddled by some people. Fayose, while appearing on a monthly programme tagged: “Mr. Governor Explains” on the state-owned media, urged his supporters not to be rattled by the impeachment fever. Fayose, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, said he would again inflict defeat on the major opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress. He said the impeachment threat flying around in the state does not rattle him in any way, adding that the plot against him is against the people of the state, who put him in the present position. The Governor said what the APC wanted was to take over the state and plunge it into crisis the way they did after he left in 2006. Waxing philosophical and quoting copiously from the Holy Bible, Fayose said the plan to impeach him won’t be successful the way it happened during his first term. He said: “What actually infuriated the APC is that during the June 21 election, I gave them 16-0. “Again, during the presidential election, I gave them 16-0 again. “They know that I will give them 26-0 in the next Saturday election. “Major General Muhammadu Buhari emerged due to grace of God. “If President Goodluck Jonathan had won, would he have gone to impeach Governor Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State or Senator Ibikunle Amosun in Ogun State? “Buhari’s emergence can only be a threat to my seat when there is no rule of law because Nigeria is a federation state. “Even the former Speaker, Hon. Adewale Omirin, is not the Speaker, so he cannot carry out any impeachment against me.” Fayose urged the people of the state to come out en masse during the April elections and cast their votes for the PDP to stem the tide of violence in the state. He said: “My Government is a people’s government and no power of darkness can remove me from office because we are doing what is right. “Must I be in the APC for me to be governor? “They were in the opposition before they took over and we will continue to exist together