Immediate past Governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has congratulated and commended Nigerians for their courage to stand against what he described as “gun-point democracy,” describing the victory of Buhari as one which was secured “through the barrel of gun, and deserving no celebration by the winner.
The former governor, who responded in a statement released yesterday by his Media Aide, Lere Olayinka, said: “Rather than a word of congratulations to President Buhari, who will be leading our country against our wish as a nation, Nigerians are the ones who deserved to be praised for their courage.”
He described the roles played by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies in the election as shameful, saying: “Their inordinate and inglorious desire to deprive Nigerians of a credible leadership was made manifest from the start.
“This election will remain in the annals of our history as a bare-faced rape on democracy. Rather than celebrating today, Nigerians, especially those whose loved ones were brutally murdered for a cabal to sustain their hold on the country, are moody and sad.
“However, in their quiet moment, they are consoled with the fact that no one can attain everlasting joy by subjecting others to perpetual sorrow.
“As for the President; no victory songs for him, he should rather begin a soul-searching, constantly asking himself why he opted to drag Nigeria and its democracy back to the FEDECO years of 1979 and 1983 in which votes were merely allocated to candidates and privileged individuals.”