The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday said he had
forgiven those who were behind his removal from office in 2006 and those who
persecuted him while out of office.
Meanwhile the governor said he had appeared 59 times in court and spent
45 days in Ikoyi prison over phantom charges levelled against him after his
impeachment.
Fayose spoke at a thanksgiving service held in his honour at the Deeper
Life Campground in Ado Ekiti.
He said having a second chance was a rare opportunity to be good to
all.
He said, “If this time has been in Bible days, my name would have been
one of the names to be recorded as those who God gave a second chance.
“My return to government is not common in history. It is a rare
miracle. During the seven-and-a- half years of my political wilderness, I was
taken to court over what I knew nothing about 59 times, aside the 45 days I
spent in Ikoyi Prisons during my trial by the EFCC.
“My security aides and political aides, such as Chief Dayo Okondo, were
incarcerated for three-and-a- half years without committing any offence.
“All my property was left in the Government House because I had to run
for my dear life. So, this time my mission is to look after Ekiti people and
not to fight anybody. I will not allow this position to go into my head or use
it to oppress anybody. I don’t have anybody in mind to punish or any political
battle to fight.
“I won’t take vengeance, vengeance belongs to God. Be assured I will be
warm to you. But you too turn away from evil so that the state can develop.”
The governor, who expressed his belief that “God is above all,” said he
had surrendered himself to His will.
He also thanked his wife for staying by him during the period of
challenges with a promise to consult her any time it was necessary to do so.
“In time of challenges if you have no one to support you, you are
finished,” he said.
Fayose said he owed nobody any apology for becoming an apostle of
stomach infrastructure.
“For that statement, I have no apology. I’m an apostle of stomach
infrastructure. Whether you abuse me or not, stomach infrastructure has come to
stay in this state.”
His wife, Feyisetan, at the event said God gave the revelation of her
husband’s return shortly after his impeachment on October 16, 2006.
She said, “God told me that our return would be done in such a way that
will beat people’s imagination. But because of the trouble we went through, at
a time I prayed to God to please push my husband out of politics. Later, God
told me that I should leave him there because he has committed a lot to
politics and has yet to reap the dividends.
“After we left, Gen. Tunji Olurin came, Segun Oni came and then
Governor Kayode Fayemi; and today God has manifested His power. This is not by
our power or strength, but by the grace of God.”
The founder of the church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, in a letter to
Fayose read in the church, urged him to continue to lead the people of Ekiti
State with the fear of God and to manage the resources of the state with
prudence.
In the letter read by the Secretary of Deeper Life Worldwide, Pastor
Jeremiah Asemota, Kumuyi said the pattern of vote in the election showed Fayose
was the choice of the electorate.
“I equally urge you to continue to demonstrate sacred and divine
attributes of integrity, selflessness, openness, and excellence with
determination to fulfil the public goods at all times.
Kumuyi added. “that he counsel that you continue to manage state
resources with fairness, equity, integrity and transparency. These done, you
can be assured of God abiding presence and divine approval over the next four
years,”
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