Ojudu was a Special Adviser on Political to former Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari
By Kehinde Okeowo
Babafemi Ojudu, a former aide to ex-president, Muhammadu Buhari, has admitted he plotted and scripted the impeachment of former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose alongside ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo.
The former Special Adviser on Political Matters made this known while featuring on Edmund Obilo’s podcast, ‘State Affairs’, which was aired on Thursday morning.
Fayose became the second governor of Ekiti on May 29, 2003, after defeating the incumbent, Niyi Adebayo in the gubernatorial elections.
His tenure was, however, cut short after some members of the state House of Assembly impeached him on October 16, 2006.
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Speaking on how the impeachment came about, Ojudu said: “I plotted and scripted the impeachment of Fayose in Ekiti. I used Obasanjo and when he realized it, he fought back against me.
“I had an agreement and signed that Fayose should be impeached but make sure his deputy is not. I took all the lawmakers to Lagos where I kept them in hotels and was feeding and taking them around.
“I was not a senator, I was a journalist who had money and my friends gave me money. They were not happy with him, I saw that weak link and I exploited it.
“Obasanjo was angry and gave the deputy governor soldiers to return to Ekiti and proclaim herself as governor. When she got there, I called people to resist her and they had no alternative but to declare an emergency.
“Fayose sued me for libel and Falana was my lawyer, I went to court and presented my facts, by the time we finished, Justice Daramola told Fayose ‘you have no honour and integrity.'”
