Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose is still “walking tall.”
Olayinka’s remarks came in response to claims made by Babafemi Ojudu, a former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, about how he orchestrated Fayose’s removal.
Ojudu revealed that he scripted and plotted Fayose’s impeachment in 2006 with the support of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The former presidential aide made this disclosure during an appearance on Edmund Obilo’s podcast, State Affairs, which was published on Thursday morning.
Ojudu stated that he noticed and exploited a weak link—former lawmakers in Ekiti State who disliked Fayose—to achieve the impeachment.
Reacting, Lere Olayinka challenged Ojudu to walk freely like Fayose and see who would acknowledge him.
Sharing an image of Fayose at a Lagos event via his X page, Olayinka wrote: “This is Ayo Fayose, Osokomole in Lagos today, still walking tall.
“Let Buoda Gani Femi Ojudu, who is boasting to have singlehandedly removed Fayose as governor in 2006, come and walk and be acknowledged like this too.”