Governors Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu are entangled in a bitter war. Akeredolu is very angry and bitter that Fayose is pointing finger at him over the gun attack in Ado-Ekiti where four persons were injured penultimate week.

Governor Akeredolu speaking through his Information and Orientation Commissioner, Yemi Olowolabi said… “Governor Akeredolu had planned to use Ondo State’s two months’ allocation to fund the electioneering of the APC governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Ordinarily, we would have ignored all the deliberate lies and falsehood, but we felt that we would not be fair to the unsuspecting larger members of the public if such lies were not debunked.”

“For the information of the doubters, Governor Akeredolu, even if provoked, cannot debase his personality to a level that he will sacrifice the interests of his people for pecuniary gains. Instead of engaging in hypocritical activities like eating at motor parks and cutting ponmo at the market square, Akeredolu is currently applying the public resources for the betterment of the lives of the people of the state.”

“On Friday’s gun attack in Ekiti, we would like to refer Fayose to a statement by the Ekiti State police spokesperson, Caleb Okechukwu, which cleared the air on the issue. Investigation by the police had revealed that the shooter was a police officer brought from Lagos by an Ekiti politician.”

“For this revelation, we believe that the Ekiti governor and his cohorts will now bury their heads in shame. We, therefore, call on the security agencies in the country to take note of the false accusation leveled against Akeredolu by Fayose and his town crier, who only a few years ago wrote a detailed report about the devious activities of his master.”

“It is also important for Lere and his boss to know one very important fact, that unlike his boss, we are committed to the progress and peaceful co-existence between the state and Ekiti. I mean, weren’t we one before October, 1996? The seed of discord Fayose is trying to plant between the two states will not germinate no matter how much cunning he is.”

“We will love to state here categorically without mincing words that Governor Akeredolu reserves every right to show support for the candidate of his party in Ekiti state, just as Governor Nysom Wike and the rest are showing support for the PDP in the state.”

“There is no law that prohibits that Fayose and the PDP are making issues out of this because of the smell of defeat that has overwhelmed them. We want to urge Nigerians to disregard the blatant lies being spread around by Fayose and his attack dog, Lere.”

“Today in Ekiti, politics has been turned into a do or die affair by Fayose. His only strategy is lying and concocted stories. Olowolabi submitted that. We are therefore, advising him and his cronies to go and prepare for the election. Thousands of Fayose cannot stop Akeredolu and other APC governors from coming to campaign in Ekiti state.”

For those who might not know, trouble began when one of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bamidele Opeyemi and three others were shot by a police man, a rally organized to welcome the APC flag-bearer, Kayode Fayemi.

But Gov. Ayodele Fayose through his Special Assistant on New Media and Public Communication, Lere Olayinka has accused Akeredolu of perpetrating the gun attack. He said the Ondo governor imported no fewer than 150 policemen to Ado-Ekiti for the rally.