The End: Fayose’s Friends, Associates Desert Him

Governor Ayodele Fayose is not a man of steel. Having realised that, his coterie of friends and political associates have stopped ennobling him as a warrior forged of steel with decades of exposure in a burning furnace. The secret is out: when the going gets tough and the heat intensifies, even a tough-talking Fayose loses his nerve and exaggerated wits. Indeed, the loquacious and highly controversial governor of Ekiti State may have met his Waterloo in last week’s election where his candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola lost. But while he stews in boiling waters, his friends and associates have deserted him. Friends and political associates of Fayose began to avoid him soon after the election. Before now, the home and office of the one-week-one-trouble politician were constantly filled with friends, politicians, contractors, favour seekers and hangers-on. But now, his office is nothing better than a deserted island just like his home. Fayose visited the palace of the Ado Ekiti paramount ruler, the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe Aladesanmi III. He narrated how he and his supporters are being hounded after the election had come and gone. He said: “I have come to officially tell you sir, as the paramount ruler of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, that the Government House was invaded by the police. Over 400 of our members are being detained as we speak now. After the poll on Saturday, my wife was prevented from entering the Government House for about 45 minutes. Since last Wednesday, security agents had laid siege to the Government House, and were subjecting people to untold hardship coming in or going out.”