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Stomach Infrastructure Will End With Fayose’s Defeat – Prof. Sagay

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Prof. Itse Sagay (File Photo)

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), the chairman of Presidential Advisory Against Corruption, has applauded the defeat of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14 election in Ekiti State, claiming that stomach infrastructure will end with the victory of the All Progressive Party (APC).

Sagay, when being interviewed by Punch Correspondent described the outgoing governor as a person who exploited the poverty of his people for personal gain.

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“I think Ekiti people have restored their sense of self-respect and dignity because to have elected a Fayose was a self-inflicted insult and he insulted them by saying he won election on the grounds of promising them stomach infrastructure.

“It was a very big insult because what he was saying is that the Ekiti people live solely for the sake of eating. That is why stomach infrastructure was a very big insult. And he insulted them for four years; he ran the state down.

“He didn’t pay salaries. Altogether, he was a disaster. So, this election was a way of voting Fayose out because I don’t think his deputy was the real candidate. In voting out Fayose, Ekiti people have restored their sense of self-respect and we will no longer call them stomach infrastructure state but as a serious people who look at their progress instead of food.” he said.

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Sagay advice Fayose and his party, to accept the outcome of the election in the spirit of sportsmanship, and that there was no use going to court.

He said when the PDP rigged the election in 2014 Fayose did not complain “but is now crying foul because the results don’t favour him.”

The Lawyer, who decried the issue of but buying in the July 14 election in Ekiti State, disclosed that the occurrence of vote buying would not have affected the outcome of the election since both party participated in it.

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