Isaac Fayose, younger brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, has expressed frustration over what he described as abandonment by politicians he supported during previous elections.
The businessman said years of personal and financial sacrifices for political figures who later distanced themselves from him had left him feeling like “a lonely voice in the wilderness.”
Fayose made the remarks in a video posted on his Instagram page on Friday, speaking partly in Pidgin English and Yoruba.
“Nigeria is a bad country. Very bad. I’m now like an orphan. I’m now like a lonely voice in the wilderness,” he said.
He recalled his involvement in his brother’s legal troubles in 2018, when Ayo Fayose faced the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations linked to his tenure as governor. Isaac said he personally confronted the then acting EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, over the matter.
“I struggled with my brother. No, no, no, no, we won’t agree. I even followed him to EFCC. We shouted, ‘Magu, Ole! Magu, Ole!’ Magu said, ‘Who is this boy calling me Ole? They should go and look for anything to rope him.” he said.
Although Ayo Fayose was later granted bail, Isaac said the legal consequences continued to affect him, noting that he remains involved in a court matter connected to the episode.
“Up till today, they still rope me into a matter that I am still going to court for. That my brother now has taken an appointment. His child is about to be a member of the House of Assembly in Ekiti.
“I’m now on my own, facing my problem. They said, ‘We told you, Isaac, keep quiet, keep quiet.’ You didn’t listen,” he said.
Fayose also recounted the sacrifices he made during the 2026 Ekiti governorship election. He said he cut short his mourning period following the death of his wife after Wole Oluyede, the PDP governorship candidate, appealed to him to help reclaim the state.
“What a pity. See Ekiti. I went to bury my wife. Where I was, Oluyede called me. He said, ‘Please, please, let’s take our state back.’ I see how people are suffering. I said no, I was coming.
“I quickly buried my wife and hurriedly ran home. I got home, spent my money, did everything, election eve,” he said.
According to Isaac, however, Oluyede later distanced himself from him and developed a relationship with President Bola Tinubu and the incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji.
“They were calling me, ‘Oga is here, Oga wants to talk.’ Oluyede has not come to greet me since that time. He has gone back to the President. And even the governor that I was fighting, they are taking pictures together. They are now friends,” he said.
He similarly recalled his involvement in Osun State politics, particularly the 2022 governorship election and the August 15, 2026 poll. Isaac said he supported Governor Ademola Adeleke after receiving a personal appeal from him while he was in Australia.
“This time too, as I was in Australia, the governor of Osun called me, Governor Adeleke. He said, ‘Isaac, we need you on board the election.’ I put everything on my head. We won’t agree, we won’t agree,” he said.
Adeleke, who had moved from the PDP to the Accord Party, was declared the winner of the August 15 election by INEC, defeating the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji.
Isaac said he was disappointed that Adeleke travelled to Abuja after the election to present his certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu, despite the support he had provided during the campaign.
“Six days after, the governor is in Abuja, showing his certificate, his return certificate, to the President. It’s like I’m alone. What a pity,” he said.
Fayose also pointed to the reconciliation between singer Davido and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike as another example of political relationships changing over time.
“Davido that we were shouting, he and Wike are now hugging each other. Everybody is now smiling with each other together,” he said.
He further claimed that he had rejected financial inducements and even a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon during previous election campaigns because, according to him, his priority was the welfare of his people.
“They came to meet me, they gave me money, I said I don’t want. They gave me G-Wagon, I said I don’t want. I want my people to go. Even the people I was fighting for, election day, they will sell their vote again,” he said.
Fayose also criticised voters who sell their votes despite the sacrifices made by political supporters, saying the situation had left him increasingly isolated.
“It’s now like I’m the only one seeing the rubbish going on in my country. I am now alone, now looking like a zombie. It’s lonely at the top,” he said.
