Gov Ayodele Fayose has reportedly replied to the allegation
levelled against him by former minister of state for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro
where he alleged that he gave the Governor N1.2Billion Naira for Ekiti state
election stating that he is not rattled
by the development.
The governor urged the the federal government to get her
priorities right by paying attention to hunger and suffering ravaging Nigeria
and its people and leave him alone.
He said: “This project
‘Fayose must be implicated at all cost’ will definitely not put food on the
tables of Nigerians and for all I care, the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) and its collaborators can keep running from pillar to post
while I keep delivering good governance to Ekiti State and its people.”
Obanikoro was said to
have confessed to the EFCC that he
received fund from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Col
Sambo Dasuki (rtd) to fund his election.
“We have passed this stage of media trial, EFCC should rather
keep its gun powder dry, when we get to the bridge, we will cross it. They said
more than this in the 2006 poultry scam blackmail, despite that,
I am the governor today.”
According to a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public
Communications , Lere Olayinka, Fayose said he was only reacting just to fulfil
all righteousness because Nigerians are more interested in having food on their
tables.
“Those who arranged the dramatic and compromised return of
Obanikoro to Nigeria obviously did so in continuation of their project ‘Fayose
must be implicated at all cost,’ but I am not bothered because my election was
legitimately funded.
“However, if this is why they are intimidating judges and the
judiciary, it won’t work as far as my own matter is concerned as no one can
play God.
“As far as I am concerned, I am busy here in Ekiti attending to
the welfare and well-being of my people. I won’t be distracted.”
While challenging the EFCC to also beam its searchlights on the
funding of APC elections, Fayose said; “Since we are now in the era in which
financial assistance from Nigerians to fund elections is being criminalised,
the international community, especially those funding EFCC must insist that the
commission probes the funding of APC elections before further funds are
released to the commission.”
Meanwhile, the state
government has dispelled the rumours that it has shut down the Ado-Ekiti branch
of Access Bank Plc following last
Monday’s attempt by agents of EFCC to arrest Mrs Precious Chikwendu
Fani-Kayode, the wife of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode,
in the bank premises.
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday by the Chief
Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu. Adelusi, the government said
it had nothing against the bank and there was no reason whatsoever to shut down
the financial institution.
“The attention of the state government has been drawn to rumours
making the round, especially on social media that Ekiti State Government has
shut down a branch of Access Bank in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
“This is definitely coming from the warped minds of opposition
elements, whose mouths have been locked by the sterling performance of Fayose
and the unprecedented support he is enjoying from the people of the state.
“For the sake of clarity, Ekiti State Government has no axe to
grind with the management of Access Bank. Also, the state government does not
license banks and can’t withdraw same.
“We enjoin the good people of Ekiti State and Nigerians in general
to disregard such unfounded rumours. They should not let themselves be dragged
to the level of the unintelligent like the opposition people have shown by
embarking on this type of insinuation they probably brought from the pit of
hell.” the CPS stated.
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