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“…He might be suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder” — Fayemi goes hot at Afe Babalola
Ex-governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi decided to fire back at the legal luminary, Afe Babalola (SAN), after he made a comment about the past governors of Ekiti State.
TopNaija gathered that Afe Babalola, on Monday, stated that former governors of Ekiti were no longer following the visions that had been laid down for the State, by its creators. He claimed that these ex-governors failed to establish a robust structure for its advancement.
His statement, though not mentioning past leaders in particular by their name, the critique struck a cord on the former Ekiti State governor, Fayemi.
In response to Babalola’s statement, during an interview with ThisDay, the politician accused Babalola of having a “narcissistic personality disorder.” This means a diagnosis of not being able to acknowledge the positive contributions of others.
Fayemi defended his tenure, arguing that the legal luminary assessment was biased and it was obvious that he overlooked the achievements of his administration.
According to him, the 94-year-old lawyer has consistently been unsupportive of his political endeavors, hinting at a long-standing partisan rift between them.
Fayemi said, “It is important for people to know this is malicious and not a dispassionate and objective assessment.
“The only thing I brought to public service is my name and I won’t let people take my silence as consent as far as Chief Babalola’s opinion is concerned.
“He never supported me, he supported Segun Oni in the 2007 election. But that’s fine.
“He has a right to support anyone. I don’t begrudge him for that. Even when I challenged the stolen mandate in 2007, he was Segun Oni’s lawyer in court.
“So, as far as he was concerned, this little David defeated the giant Goliath of Ekiti. Despite that, I embraced him as governor and asked him to chair the Airport Viability Committee, which he was keen on during my first term in office.
“Age is supposed to imbue one with a level of circumspection in what one says, but not this old man who believes he owns Ekiti and any governor who chooses not to grovel before him and shower him with sycophantic adulation of the Almighty Afe Babalola must be brought down.
“Unfortunately, I will not grovel before any human being. Only God is Almighty in my books.
“Chief Afe Babalola has always been unfair to me personally, and to Governors Adebayo and Fayose equally. I can say categorically without any fear of equivocation that every governor that has occupied the exalted seat in Ekiti performed well in the circumstance they operated in.
“They all handed the baton to their successors who took the state further than they met it.
“Chief Babalola’s prejudiced view can never be the final word on their times in the office, certainly not on my time in office because I know and the record is crystal clear that I improved the state on every developmental index than I met the state.
“But then, Chief Afe Babalola is an old man and as well brought up Omoluabi, one should grant him the indulgence of failing memory that comes with age.
“I’m, however, glad that he recognised the good in Governor Oyebanji.
“We will continue to applaud his contribution to Ekiti State but I hope Baba is not suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder that prevents him from seeing the good in others even as he relishes his exaggerated sense of self.”
