EKITI State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Monday, said the result of the presidential election will not be a win-win situation, but assured that President Goodluck Jonathan would be re-elected next month.

Speaking on his arrival from a foreign trip, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Fayose said: “Let me make it clear to all Nigerians, the election is going to be a little bit turbulent, but Jonathan will win and there will be reactions.

He predicted that the forthcoming presidential election in the country will be turbulent, irrespective of who wins.

“Even if Buhari wins the election today, there will be reactions. Somebody was telling me that the violence would stop if General Muhammadu Buhari wins. This shows Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) are behind it.

“However, we should remember that the economy of this country lies in the South-South, so, we must balance it. It is not a win-win situation, even for Jonathan, but Nigerians must be ready to accept the result of the election and I can assure you that Jonathan will win,” he said.

Reacting to the controversial certificate scandal trailing Buhari, Fayose challenged him to come out and present his certificates to Nigerians, saying that the era of Nigeria being ruled by school certificate holder was over.

Fayose said it was not the responsibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to screen candidates, adding that the country did not equally require a president who would be teleguided by some selfish groups at its detriment.

According to the Ekiti governor, Buhari did not possess the eloquence, ability and the capacity to lead the country, stressing that at this stage, the country requires graduates with capacity to lead it to the promised land.

He said “the era where you will say I am leading Nigeria with school certificate is gone. I don’t take people on a personal note, but this particular leadership we are looking for must have the competence. Jonathan is the first Nigerian president who has the paper qualification. General Buhari truly doesn’t have the certificate.

“People claimed that I don’t have the certificates too. I have gone through the courts, including the tribunal. So, what else are we talking about? I want General Buhari too to submit himself for us to check. It is not about popularity alone.

“Buhari must address the certificate issue in the overall interest of Nigeria. If Ayo Fayose with HND in a state like Ekiti is seen as someone without education, so, General Buhari will now come with the Almajiri School and come and lead Nigeria?”

He warned those planning violence before, during and after the election to have a change of mind, adding that no one has the monopoly of violence.

On the dwindling price of crude oil in the international market, Fayose insisted that the present government should not be blamed.

He, instead, put the blame at the doorsteps of former leaders who did not lay the foundation for diversification of the economy.

On the crisis rocking the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Fayose insisted that some lawmakers decided to stay away from their duties, adding that he would not appeal to them to come back.

“Are you supposed to be a honourable member in Ekiti and sit in Lagos or Osun? If that is their position, I should go and beg them? Forget that. Let them remain in exile. I was in exile for a period of time and heaven didn’t fall. They should remain in exile. If they want to come, let them come.

“The Speaker just called me recently and asked for their Christmas gifts. I told him they should collect them from Lagos and Osun state governments or the speaker of those states,” he added.