{"id":19673,"date":"2018-07-15T20:04:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T20:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19673"},"modified":"2018-07-15T20:05:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T20:05:30","slug":"ekiti-the-fall-of-power-drunk-fayose-a-lesson-for-ambode-in-lagos-by-adeoba-michaels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19673","title":{"rendered":"EKITI: THE FALL OF POWER DRUNK FAYOSE, A LESSON FOR AMBODE IN LAGOS By Adeoba Michaels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19311\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The outgoing governor of Ekiti State Peter Ayodele Fayose evoked a large than life image in the minds of many Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He often roared, &#8216;I am Peter the rock, you fall on me you break, I fall on you shattered! &#8220;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Yet, a teargas cannister broke the neck and hand of the king of the jungle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Like a Biblical Peter, Fayose, Alias, Peter The Rock,&#8217;Wept bitterly&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The proponent of stomach infrastructure politics came into the nation&#8217; s political consciousness through his uncanny, choreographed populism.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He pretended as a friend of the poor &#8211; he jumps on Okada occasionally to deceive the gullible and also treats himself to sumptuous Amala and assorted beef at Iya Selimo local canteen somewhere around Ado, Ekiti State capital.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fayose touted himself as the chief political principality in Ekiti with ambition to build a political dynasty like the one Bola Tinubu builds in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governor is also the lord of the parks. The transport unions are his allies. The other day, he opened the Government House gate to them for a PDP rally.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When Fayose&#8217;s popularity seemed to have reached crescendo, the governor became power drunk.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He called bluff party chieftains and other influential stakeholders bragging he could install his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 and deputy, Prof Olusola \u00a0Eleka single-handedly as governor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8216;Dayo Adeyeye can go to hell. What is his electoral value. I am Oshoko, the Irumole&#8217;, the egocentric governor must have reasoned.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The morning after, the intoxication of the imaginary unrivaled overlord must have been cleared from the eyes of the man who failed to manage good times well.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">How could Fayose had thought that with his party and candidate will sweep the polls when civil servants and pensioners are owed months of salary arrears?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Perhaps, he thought the intellectually sagacious Ekiti people were not aware of the batches of bailout, Paris Club Refund he got from the Federal Government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He assumed to his peril that his candidate will run on the steam of his bloated popularity while workers&#8217;, citizens&#8217; and other stakeholders&#8217; welfare were disregarded.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fayose&#8217;s arrogance is similar to that of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Just like Fayose thought that the likes of Dayo Adeyeye and other estranged chieftains of the Ekiti PDP are inconsequential, Ambode also believes that certain aggrieved chieftains of the ruling party in Lagos can&#8217;t rock his boat.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fouad Oki, a veteran political and campaign strategist is not a force in Ambode&#8217;s reckoning.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Ditto, for army of political displaced persons within Lagos APC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Yet, these chieftains have their follows and people within their sphere of influence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Needless to say that many local government chairmanship aspirants who were shortchanged by the powers that be in Lagos would ofcourse wait for their oppressors at the polls.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thankfully, INEC, like a &#8216;Pharaoh that didn&#8217;t know Joseph&#8217; will conduct the polls not the kangaroo LASIEC that is anything but independent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It also smacks of crass arrogance for the governor to have hiked Land Use Charge by 400% and later gave a bonus of 50% which reduced the hike to 200%.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ambode must have thought like Fayose, what would the people do? I am in charge here! Well, he should learn from Fayose&#8217;s inglorious fall.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is the same arrogance of power and what would people do attitude that must have made Governor Ambode to disband over 25,000 workers of waste managers in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He arrogantly brought an acclaimed foreign waste manager, Visionscape to take over the jobs of locals.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0The gallant failure of Visionscape and the billions the fraudulent enterprise was used to siphon will definitely be a campaign issue during electioneering.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The borehole drilling permit of about N75,000 slammed on residents is another case Ambode&#8217;s cheer arrogance of power.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16687&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The government temporarily suspended the enforcement when enraged Lagosians called for the governor&#8217;s head.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">How \u00a0could Ambode expect votes from people \u00a0he failed to provide water for yet tax them for providing alternative source of water. That is cruelty!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The tax overdrive of Ambode even when the nation was groaning under the burden of recession was an indication that his government believed with or without people, he will win.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is preposterous that the first thing Ambode could reason after the unfortunate Otedola Bridge Tanker explosion was how to exploit the tragedy to drive revenues.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He ordered that tankers coming into Lagos to get Lagos Ministry of Transport road worthiness clearance which obviously won&#8217;t come cheap.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, his predecessor, Babatunde Raji Fashola had whipped the reckless tanker drivers to line. He ordered them to move only between\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_222394345\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10pm &#8211; 6am.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But Ambode thought otherwise, he said there would henceforth be a tanker route.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0The question is &#8211; how would that avert tragedies on the roads. Is tanker route another BRT lane?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There is much sense in the Fashola solution to tanker menace. Tankers will free the roads in the day making traffic light.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0And when tanker falls off at night, the casualty is also minimal if any because the roads are free.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also, there is little probability that the content will explode because the temperature is cold at night.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ambode will be living in a fool&#8217;s paradise if he thinks power can&#8217;t change hands in Lagos like it happened in Ekiti yesterday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The signs are obvious. Change is not impossible in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">*Adeoba Michaels, a Political Analyst writes from Lagos*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19511\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"3033\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outgoing governor of Ekiti State Peter Ayodele Fayose evoked a large than life image in the minds of many Nigerians. 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