Isaac Fayose has criticised his elder brother and former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, over comments linking the recent abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State to Governor Seyi Makinde.

In a video posted on his Instagram page on Tuesday, Isaac described the remarks as unnecessary, saying it was “not by force to be relevant.”

He questioned why his brother did not make similar accusations when kidnappings occurred in Ekiti State during his tenure and after he left office.

“Four, five years ago, they kidnapped people in Ekiti State, and you’re supporting the governor. Why didn’t you tell the governor that you are collecting security vote? Why can’t you protect Ekiti people?” he said.

Isaac also criticised what he described as selective condemnation of insecurity, noting that several states governed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) have also experienced deadly attacks and kidnappings.

“People are looking at you and saying, ‘What is this man turning to? So you mean people that have been dying in APC states, Borno, Katsina, Zamfara, Niger and Kwara – their governors pocket their security vote?” he added.

He urged the former governor to refrain from making controversial political statements without sufficient evidence.

“My brother, if you don’t have anything to say, please stay quiet like any other former governors. It’s not by force to be relevant,” he said.

The criticism follows comments made by Ayodele Fayose during an interview on Channels Television on Monday, where he alleged that the recent abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo State may have been orchestrated by the state government to embarrass President Bola Tinubu.

“I sometimes believe that the abduction at Oyo school was orchestrated by the Oyo State Government to blackmail President Tinubu,” Fayose had said.

The former governor also questioned the state government’s response to the incident, alleging that Governor Seyi Makinde did not act swiftly enough following the attack.