Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Saturday verbally attacked fiery
Muslim preacher, Sheikh Muhydeen Ajani Bello, at a prayer session in
Ado-Ekiti.
The cleric had courted the governor’s venom by urging him to show more decorum in his public utterances.
The
altercation took place during a prayer conference and award ceremony
organised by the Southwest branch of the Ansar-ud-Deen Muslim Society of
Nigeria between March 25 and 28.
On Saturday, Fayose was in
attendance at the event, which had as highlights prayers for the country
and the honouring of deserving Muslims with awards, when the outspoken
preacher offered his advice.
Those at the event said the
preacher told Fayose that as the Number One citizen of the state, he
needs to be more cautious in his public utterances.
The
unsolicited advice apparently did not sit well with the governor, they
said, as he responded with abusive words at the preacher, who attempted
to reply him but was restrained by some of the elders in attendance. His
microphone was disabled.
The elders also appealed to the
governor to leave the venue, having already performed his role, but he
bluntly refused, an action that led to a three-hour disruption of the
programme.
The governor subsequently left the event, which ended
on Monday morning. Attempts to interview the cleric, who was present
until Sunday, proved abortive.
Mr. Lere Olayinka, Special
Assistant to Fayose on New Media, expressed the view that the cleric
deserved the insults the governor drenched him in.
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