The dark, tragic politics of Ayodele Fayose...how it ruined his family

A politician sodden with drink, mired in vice, eaten up by every social and political malady, that is a way to describe Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State. Some do see him as a champion and denizen of the darkest social and political circuits amidst which his life has been spent. Many more would simply dismiss him as a delinquent who had embraced darkness like the proverbial Shona thief who profits from the dark and vile. Although societal and political expediency might pressurize an individual like Fayose into becoming an outcast, delinquent or rebel against truth and morals, it is difficult to imagine how expediency forced him to adopt a central schizophrenic syndrome-like character.
The niggling politician and stalwart of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who pledged his love and better governance to the people of Ekiti State has failed to keep his word; instead, he has metamorphosed into an outsized villain, taunting his people’s hopes and manifesting as an even darker nemesis to the Nigerian State. Governor Fayose, rather than focus on improving the lot of the people by keeping his promise to them, squanders the States’ meagre funds and time plotting media smear campaigns against the presidential flag bearer of opposition party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, (GMB).
Like one caught in the grip of stark, manic episodes, Governor Fayose dangles from one contemptible political plot to the other, in a desperate bid to thwart GMB’s chances at the forthcoming polls. Rather than focus on governing his State successfully, Fayose constantly seeks out reasons to bicker, sniffing out possible sources of dispute between his ruling party and APC. Flitting from one self destructive and juvenile whim to another, he blazes a trail of lies and treachery, broadcasting spurious claims in the interest of the PDP- as if his life depends on his ability to stand truth and harmony on the head. And his life surely depends on his ability to succeed at his plot against the APC and GMB.
It is an open secret that of GMB wins the coming presidential elections and becomes President, characters like Governor Fayose will surely be in trouble for all the atrocities they have committed and still commit against the Nigerian State. But while it is understandable that Fayose can’t help being the creep he constitutes to the country’s politics, it is tragic to see his penchant for controversy and chaos fouls his private and family life. Fayose threw his regard for family out with smelly bathwater; rather than act as a pillar of comfort in a time of mourning; he started a family dispute over his late father’s resting place and single-handedly ruined the harmony that once existed between him and his siblings. Fayose insisted that his late father be buried in his hometown, Afao-Ekiti State, while his siblings sought to respect their father’s last wish by burying him in his Ibadan, Oyo home. Fayose disregarded his siblings’ plea and laid his father to rest at Afao-Ekiti, ignorantly sowing a seed of animosity within the family; today that seed has germinated into full blown discord.
His relationship with his siblings has deteriorated and the troublesome lawmaker has never bothered to mend the fences. His siblings’ disdain for him manifested in all ugliness when Fayose’s brother, Isaac, owner of Alibi Lounge Lekki, took to social media to express his revulsion over the governor’s refusal to honour their late sister, Bimbe Sorinolu with either a newspaper advertorial or a prayer session, at her second year memorial service. According to Isaac, “Gov. Fayose can rush to the media houses to place front page adverts of death wish for Buhari but cannot remember to place a quarter page adverts in remembrance of his sister, Bimpe Sorinolu who died of cancer exactly two years ago today. Shame!” 
It didn’t take long for Isaac’s scornful remark to go viral; if not for Senator Musiliu Obanikoro’s who intervened and advised Isaac to drop the issue, it would have degenerated into a full blown verbal war between siblings. Fayose is not one to easily let go of a grudge; this is evident in his incomprehensible hatred for his late sister, Bimbe and his disregard for her even in death. Fayose has also been accused of abandoning his late sister’s children after her death, refusing to contribute to their upkeep. The misunderstanding between Ayo Fayose and his late sister dates back to Fayose’s first term in office as governor of Ekiti State. Fayose’s siblings strongly believe he has always blamed Bimpe for igniting the family feud although it was his fault, and his refusal to honour his late sister’s memory two years after her death, further aggravates an already frosty relationship between him and his siblings.
Source: TheCapital