Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, has stated that he will end the country’s struggle with banditry and insurgency with the same experience he used to end wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka.
According to a statement signed on Friday by the Head of Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Femi Ige, the governor said this during a visit to Kaduna State as part of consultations ahead of the All Progressives Congress primary.
The statement was titled ‘Presidency: I’ll end insurgency, banditry like I did in Rwanda, Sri Lanka – Fayemi’
Addressing the Kaduna delegates, Fayemi said: “I’m one of the few Nigerians with real-time experience in resolving wars. I consulted for Nigeria under former President Olusegun Obasanjo. I was involved in the resolution of the wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Rwanda and in bringing the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka to the negotiation table.
“Besides real-time experience in war resolution, I have a Doctorate Degree in War Studies. If I can bring peace to other lands, why not my own country. Nigeria is facing a war situation that we can’t afford to put a neophyte in power, the repercussions are too ghastly to contemplate.
“I will spare no effort to ensure that we win the fight that must be fought with tenacity against insecurity, banditry, unemployment, poverty, inequality, threats of national disintegration, and lawlessness.
“To this end, working with other key leaders of the party, a detailed blueprint that has been developed with corresponding timelines of implementation will be employed to guide the speedy and accelerated retooling of key institutions of the state, including the armed forces, the police service, and the civil service.”