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Fayose Mocks APC, Says God is Angry with Ruling Party

- Victor Ogunje

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has described the crisis raging in the All Progressiv­es Congress (APC) as a sign that God is angry with the ruling party.

Fayose said the war of attrition in the party vividly indicated God’s anger against the party for its role and that of its government in impoverish­ing Nigerians, promoting election rigging and looking the other way while Nigerians are being killed in their thousands.

The former, who was reacting to the APC crisis in which three party chieftains are claiming to be the acting national chairman, said: “The party has been displaying power arrogance and treating Nigerians with contempt. This is just the beginning; their matter will be made worse with time.”

In a statement issued yesterday by his Spokespers­on, Lere Olayinka, the former governor said for Nigeria to return to the path of progress, the way it was before the APC took over power, “more confusion will still hit the party till it goes into oblivion.”

He pointed out that no one can validly lay claim to the office of the APC national chairman in whatever capacity, adding that the Independen­t National Electoral Commission (INEC) must be mindful of being seen as helping the APC to uphold its illegaliti­es.

Fayose, who lamented the killings by bandits in the North, especially in Katsina, Kaduna, Zamfara and Sokoto States, added that “God will never be happy with a party that its government is doing nothing to stop the bloodshed, raping of women, including children, and the destructio­n of people’s sources of livelihood, which are going on in the country.”

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