Nothing shows PDP has changed, it’s only seeking power to continue stealing —Fayemi

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the quest by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to regain power as only a means to resume “stealing” of the national treasury.

The former governor of Ekiti State also said that the current fuel scarcity that has subjected Nigerians to hardship at the end of the year was normal and should not be used as a yardstick to assess President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance.

Fayemi stated this when he spoke to newsmen in his home town of Isan Ekiti in the Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

“What (fuel scarcity) we are witnessing is just a normal curve in the life of any administration. We will get over it and move on, but largely the President has not disappointed Nigerians.

“What the PDP wants to come back to do is stealing. The option for Nigerians in 2019 is not to return to the old age of criminalisation and brigandage by not voting for the PDP, because there is nothing to convince Nigerians that they have changed with the shenanigans that characterised their national convention and the poor performances by their governors.

“Up till now, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan (former President) and his henchmen have not apologised about how they ran the country aground. So, there is nothing to suggest that the PDP remains a credible alternative to the APC in 2019,” he said.

Speaking on his recent indictment by a probe panel set up by Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose to investigate his administration, Fayemi argued that the Judicial Commission of Inquiry only indicted him in order to smear his reputation and make him unpopular.

Fayemi said, “Fayose’s stock in trade is lying against someone to score political gains. They started with the probe of N852m UBEC fund and when they knew they could not go far, they started concocting lies and said I looted N17 billion.

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“Let us wait and see who will go to jail between Fayose and I. I have been out of office and I am still moving free, but I am sure he won’t be able to walk free on the streets after losing immunity because of the way he had run the state aground.”

There have been insinuations that Fayemi is nurturing the idea of returning as the state’s governor in 2018, but he failed to make any clear statement on his ambition when he spoke with the newsmen.

He only said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would make sure that it wins the state governorship poll in 2018.

 

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