– Fayose says Dasuki should also expect him at his trial hearings
– The governor says he is a detribalized Nigerian and he only supported Kanu because it is what is right to do in the face of oppression
– He says he is supporting Kanu also because the IPOB leader had not yet been convicted by any court
Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose has said just as he attended the trial of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja, he would also go for Sambo Dasuki’s.
Fayose said this on Wednesday, April 26 while featuring on an interview programme on African Independent Television, People, Politics and Power in Abuja.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary Idowu Adelusi quoted him as saying he would never support a situation whereby court orders, rulings and judgments are disregarded by the government.
Fayose says he is supporting Kanu because it is what is right to do in the face of oppression by the President Buhari administration
He said: “The Federal Government are the ones making Kanu a hero. Anywhere in the world, agitation is normal. In the United Kingdom, there is agitation in Northern Ireland, even, United Kingdom itself is agitating in Europe.
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“Let people agitate for whatever reason as long as it is constitutional. I am not in support of the break up of Nigeria. But when court grants bail to people, release them and allow them to attend their trials from home.
“I have no personal relationship with Kanu but I have been consistent in drawing attention of Nigerians to the trend of not regarding court orders and rulings by the present Federal Government.
“I am from the North,
On why he is associating with somebody charged with treason, Fayose said Kanu or anybody had not been convicted of treason yet.
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He added that allegation would remain an allegation until a court establishes the fact. Fayose accused the FG of intimidating the judiciary by coercing them to do government’s bidding.
“A situation whereby security agents and interested politicians would go and show statements of account of judges to them to intimidate them and force them to give rulings, orders and judgments in a particular manner is condemnable,” he added.
ZENITHBLOG.com recalls that the detained leader of IPOB Kanu was granted bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Nnamdi Kanu was granted bail on health grounds by the court on Tuesday, April 25.
The IPOB leader is also expected to provide three sureties one of who must be a serving senator, a jewish religious leader and highly respected person and must own a land in anywhere in Abuja.
Watch this ZENITHBLOG.com TV video of Nnamdi Kanu after he was granted bail by a federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday, April 25
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