The Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Buruji Kashamu , has urged Ekiti State Governor , Mr . Ayo Ayodele Fayose, “ to stop the needless mudslinging against the wife of the President , Mrs . Aisha Buhari and face the allegations against him ” .
In a statement he issued in Abuja yesterday, Kashamu likened Fayose’ s attempt to link Mrs. Buhari with the Halliburton scandal as a “ needless distraction and an amateurish shadow - boxing . “ His action could be taken for a drowning man clutching at a straw” .
The statement reads in part : “ It is interesting that Mr . Fayose is talking about the rule of law and the need to do things within the ambit of the law. I never knew that he has ever heard of the concept of the Rule of Law . When he trampled on other people’s rights in a bid to abrogate their tenure in office , where was the Rule of Law ?
Now he is crying out because he is afraid he might have to get a taste of his own medicine because a man must certainly reap whatever he sows . “ Mr . Fayose is talking about the fact that he enjoys immunity under the law.
If I may ask: can a governor who disobeys the law with reckless abandon seek protection under the law ? You cannot say because immunity covers you , you should not be investigated if you are suspected to have benefitted from the funds that were meant to buy arms for the protection of Nigerians .
I think it is high time that we , as a people and government , address the issue of people committing crimes and hiding under the immunity clause . ” The statement added that Fayose must stop chasing shadows and address the allegations against him .
