Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, has called on the All Progressives Party, APC, in
the state to stop what it described as the shielding of former
governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi from being investigated by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
for alleged financial recklessness.
The party, in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary,
Mr Jackson Adebayo also accused Fayemi of distracting
the commission’s investigation through his recent utterances
in the media.
This came as the APC described the allegation against
Fayemi as a pack of lies, noting that the state governor,
Mr. Ayo Fayose misrepresented the latter’s view.
The PDP said: ‘’ Why is he coming out almost a year after
he was voted out of government by the Ekiti people, when he
knows well that some security agencies are after him if not
because he want to mislead and coerce them to believe that
he was prudent.
‘’We still insist that the leadership of the APC is hell-bent
on protecting Dr. Kayode Fayemi from the searchlight of
the EFCC and other security agencies because they know
that he ran Ekiti government aground before he was booted
out by the popular vote, which has been judged to be the most
peaceful, freest and fairest in the recent time.
‘’Anybody or person found wanting of mismanagement of the
state resources must be brought to book.’’
On its part, the APC in statement by its Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Olatunbosun, said: ‘’Instead of
regaling in the destruction of Fayemi’s legacies, which
presented the best opportunities for Ekiti State to grow,
Fayose is not only destroying himself, but also mortgaging
the future of Ekiti people through stomach infrastructure
that provides a kilogramme of rice and three-month-old
chicken at every Christmas.
”Fayemi’s projects presented the best opportunities for the
state to grow, but Fayose has been hiding under non-
existent debts to deny Ekiti people needed development.
‘’Fayose said that Fayemi bought N50 million bed even when
there is no N1 million bed in Government House. He said
Fayemi built the new Government House with N3.5bn while
in truth the building cost N2.1bn and is the cheapest of such
in the country, the same way he said that Ekiti bond was
taken to plant flowers.”
-Vanguard
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