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.
Source-Punch
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