Fayose: My name is Peter the rock, if I hit you, you are in trouble

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has described himself as “Peter the rock”, saying anyone he hits, lands in trouble.

Speaking on People, Politics and Power, a programme on AIT, Fayose said the All Progressives Congress (APC) had started talking about the 2018 governorship election when there “is still unfinished business” in the state.

He boasted that the APC will not win a single local government in the forthcoming election, and told Kayode Fayemi, his predecessor, that he is free to return to office.

“If Fayemi feels like coming back, it is a legitimate decision, let him do that by first getting the ticket of his political party,” he said.

“But if APC wins one local government in Ekiti, come 2018, I will concede that election.

“Today, they control the army, they control the police, they have the DSS, they have power, but democracy has gone beyond powers that be, and besides this is Ekiti, where I have the people. The people of Ekiti love me to death. They love me so much, I don’t know how I managed to gain their love and confidence… if not for the constitution, I will spend 10 tenures.

“They will meet me in Ekiti… Nobody can stop me because my name is Peter, the rock, you hit me, you are in trouble, I hit you, you are in trouble.”

Describing himself as a “street boy”, Fayose also said he is fully prepared to face the “whole machinery” of the federal government.

He also warned the APC to be conscious of the fact that “Ekiti is not Ondo”.

“I am the first Nigerian politician to defeat two incumbent governors at two different attempts. I am their master. I am going to be facing the whole machinery of the federal government, and I am fully prepared. They should forget about hijacking Ekiti. It’s shameful for the federal government to be taking states,” he said.

“I am the longest serving Nigerian governor. I served under Obasanjo, as powerful as Obasanjo was, I served there.

“They took me out and I came back. The day I met Obasanjo at the villa during my first meeting at the council chambers, I walked up to Obasanjo and said, ‘Baba, I have come back, maybe you are not aware’.

“All I am saying is that Ekiti is not Ondo, I am fully ready. I am a street boy. I am streetwise to the core. I don’t have another business outside politics, so I am ready… If you leave your clothe for a mad man, he will rub it on the ground, so, I won’t leave this one for Fayemi.”

Fayose described himself as “God’s anointed”, telling Nigerians that he is one politician they should look out for.