NANS faults students’ leader over Fayemi

[Mirror]

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South-West Zone D, yesterday took a swipe at its National President, Yinka Gbadebo, over a statement credited to him in which he cast aspersions on the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration in Ekiti State.

NANS Zone D Public Relations Officer, Taiwo Bamigbade, told journalists in Ado Ekiti that Gbadebo's statement entitled; 'Arise Before Fayemi Ruins Ekiti' was baseless and inconsistent with realities on ground.

Bamigbade said; "The statement is irrelevant at this material time in the face of the struggle for a better educational system not even when he (Gbadebo) failed to react to the alleged killings of students in Uyo by men of the Nigerian Police and Seyi Fasere, a student of Ekiti State University."

The students' body in the South-West said Fayemi's focus on educational development and transformation of the state should not be distracted 'by reactionary statements to gain political attention and cheap popularity.'

The NANS National President had in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, last week berated Fayemi for allegedly being tyrannical and despotic in the pursuit of his second ambition, which he said has led to the killing of over five indigenes of the state in the last two years while many others had been injured.

He had called on the Ammesty International, the National Human Rights Commission, civil societies and well meaning Nigerians to save the downtrodden people of the Ekiti State from the governor.