Former Governor of Ekiti State and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Otunba Niyi Adebayo has declared that had it been that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan continued in office, Nigerians would have by now been hurling stones at the immediate past President whenever he is he seen on the street.

In an interview he had with the Sun newspapers which was published yesterday, the politician lamented that while crude oil sold for over $100 per barrel under Jonathan, Nigeria had nothing to show for it, adding that the nation was ran aground under the previous administration.

His words, “During the ten­ure of President Jonathan oil was selling at over $100 per barrel; but we have nothing to show for that money. It is always difficult to jus­tify the fund. I mean by now our foreign exchange reserves should be in hundreds in billions of dol­lars. But today, we cannot speak of having that kind of money in our reserves.

“You know our refineries are not working, nothing is working. We have bad roads; the roads are not in good shape. I mean, it’s unfor­tunate; very unfortunate.

“But luckily for Nigeria; I al­ways say to the people, God knows what He was doing when people turned against Jonathan and voted for Buhari.

“And Jonathan too was smart to concede defeat because if Jona­than had remained at the helm of affairs, by now people would have started stoning him on the street.”

Adebayo, while inferring why Nigerians are not complaining much about the Buhari administration, stated that it “is because they have realised that there is a major prob­lem. They also realized that we have a president who is commit­ted to correcting the problems of Nigeria. That is why people are being patient.”

He further stated that, “if he (Buhari) had not won, they would have tried to cover it up. The problem we have now is that the country is broke. They have run this country aground.. If they had won election, where would they get the money to run the country? By now, the problem would have persisted and people would have realized what is going on and they would have kicked against the government.

“So, we should thank God for the people of Nigeria who voted for Buhari. The people actually realized what was going on and decided that enough is enough.”

The former Governor, who lampooned Fayose as someone he does not understand, said: “I try as much as possible not to talk about Governor Fayose. However, he is a young man that I do not un­derstand at all. The first time he was governor, he left office under circumstances that were not so good. Under the umbrella of the PDP then, he was impeached and driven away. .

“He found his way back into office. When he came back, he swore heaven and earth that he was a changed person and that he was going to do well this time. He said that he was going to do all manner of things. And when some people approached me and told me that was what the man said; I said I do not think it is in his character to behave the way he claimed he would behave. The way he is behaving now has proved me right.

I think it is his greatest problem. I really do not understand. I think when he wakes up in the morning, I don’t know what gets into his head and makes him make such statements and behaves the way he does. It is unfortunate that we have somebody like him at the helm of affairs. But I believe that when God is ready, the right thing will be done.”