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.
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.
“I 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,” Kumuyi added. (PUNCH)
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