Fayose: Goodluck to EFCC… I don’t lose battles

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says he wishes the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) “goodluck” in the trial against him, but said he does not lose battles.

Dismissing the allegations against him, the governor said he “defeated” the agency 10 years ago, and would do so again.

Fayose said the EFCC had been collaborating with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to subject him to media trial, but that he is not moved by such antics.

He advised those who have issues to sort out with him to wait till 2018 when he would finish his tenure.

“The anti-corruption agency and its collaborators in the APC should not be in a hurry in their ill-motive, rather they should wait till 2018 after my tenure when I will confront their lies,” read a statement issued on his behalf by Lere Olayinka, his spokesman.

“Yhe EFCC did more than this in 2006 but when I challenged their cooked up stories on poultry project in the court, the EFCC failed to substantiate all their allegations against me and their case crumbled like a pack of cards.

“The EFCC is at liberty to continue to use the APC media organs to feed the public with concocted stories all in an attempt to tarnish my image, cases are only won and lost in the court, not on the pages of newspapers. If they are sure of all their claims, can’t they just go to court?

“If what the EFCC and its collaborators are now relying on is a driver or a source in EFCC that speaking for Zenith Bank, and not the former national security adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) that they claimed gave the former minister of state for defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro money to give me, goodluck to them.

“The EFCC and its spin doctors can continue to cook up stories and feed their collaborators in the media. The media trial can continue unabated, I am not moved. I am more focused, more resolute, I don’t lose battles. The one that they did in 2006 did not ultimately prevent me from having a second term as governor of Ekiti State and whatever they are doing now will also not stop me from handing over to a PDP governor in 2018.

“I will meet them in court and the whole world will again listen to their feeble stories as it‎ happened in poultry saga.”