Fayose hails the US govt, UK Telegraph reports on Buhari’s witch-hunt of the opposition

by Solomon okpere

 Governor Ayodele Fayose of the Ekiti State has hailed
the international community, especially the United
States of America and the United Kingdom for
joining lovers of democracy in Nigeria to speak
out against the All Progressives Congress (APC)
government of President Muhammadu Buhari's use
of State security apparatus to oppress opposition.
He called on the British Government to investigate
the allegation of the use of British foreign aid given
to Nigeria to help combat the Boko Haram terrorists to
fund a witch-hunt against opposition
politicians with a view to preventing continuous use
of fund belonging to the country wrongly.
Speaking through Lere Olayinka, his Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New
Media, Governor Fayose said the international
community must focus attention on Nigeria under
President Buhari, saying; "rights of Nigerians are
now being trampled upon with impunity."
In its report, the United States Department of
States, accused the Nigerian police, DSS and the
military of gross abuse of power which include
citizens brutality, arbitrary detention,bribery among
other scandals
Also, the United Kingdom based Telegraph
newspaper published this week that hundreds of
millions of pounds of British foreign aid given to
Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists was
instead being used to fund a witch-hunt against
opposition politicians.
Governor Fayose, who is presently in Guangzhou,
China to attend the 119th China Import and Export
Fair otherwise known as the Canton Fair between
April 14 and 19, said the United Kingdom Telegraph
newspaper was right in its report that the Buhari’s
government was using British aid money to target
his political opponents, particularly through anti
corruption agencies ans the Department of State
Services (DSS).
He said only the international community could
help prevail on President Buhari to respect the rule
of law and stop ruling Nigeria like a military
dictator.
The governor described the United States
Department of States report as another vindication
of his position on the Buhari-led government's
abuse of the rights of Nigerians, saying; "everything
I predicted about Buhari is coming to pass and the
international community must assist the country to
sustain democracy."