{"id":159874,"date":"2025-04-18T23:20:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T22:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-paid-dearly-for-fighting-buhari-fayose"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:05:48","slug":"i-paid-dearly-for-fighting-buhari-fayose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-paid-dearly-for-fighting-buhari-fayose","title":{"rendered":"I paid dearly for fighting Buhari \u2013 Fayose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Friday decried fighting with ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Fayose said he paid dearly for fighting Buhari because he has been under trial for seven years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned Fayose, alongside a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; Sylvan Mcnamara Limited; Lieutenant A.O Adewale; Tunde Oshinowo and Olalekan Ogunseye before a Federal High Court in Abuja on 11 charges of money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>Fayose and the others were arraigned for allegedly laundering about N1.219 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The money was said to be part of N4.7 billion allegedly transferred from an account belonging to the Office of the National Security Adviser in the Central Bank of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>However, featuring on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today on Friday, Fayose recalled that security operatives hit him on his neck, a situation that warranted three surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fayose: \u201cWhen I said I must fight Buhari throughout, I paid dearly for it. I have been in court for the last seven years. They hit me on my neck, and I had three surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn politics of survival, you won\u2019t blame those that are trying to survive, I won\u2019t blame the governors or anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PDP chieftain also commented on the temperament of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>He called for peace between Wike and aggrieved PDP chieftains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was in the PDP, I stood my ground and handed over to Wike as my younger brother, he was not as hot as I was then. But when you see a troublemaker who is bigger than you are, you will take it easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I said when a Wike is fighting, you must find a way to \u2018melembe\u2019 so that you are not consumed by the trouble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we need in PDP is peace and nothing more, you can\u2019t build a family with everybody around you mad and self-seekers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Friday decried fighting with ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. Fayose said he paid dearly for fighting Buhari because he has been under trial for seven years. In 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned Fayose, alongside a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":159873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[97,224,254],"class_list":["post-159874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-fayose","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I paid dearly for fighting Buhari \u2013 Fayose - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Friday decried fighting with ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. 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