EKITI 2018: Fireworks begin as Olusola lashes out at Fayemi over N5.14bn allegedly looted

Deputy Governor of Ekiti State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Professor Kolapo Olusola, has asked the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to return billions of the state funds he allegedly looted as the state’s former governor.

Fayemi had in his speech after emerging winner of the APC primary election on Saturday, asked the people of the stated to pardon him “for all the errors of omission or commission he made during his first term as governor, between 2010 and 2014.”

But responding, Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation (KOCO), called on Fayemi to go beyond seeking forgiveness from Ekiti people to returning the billions of naira looted from the state treasury during his administration.

“The APC candidate must make restitution by returning all that he stole from Ekiti when he was governor, especially the N4.9 billion the probe panel indicted him of looting from N25 billion bond and the N1.5 billion that he allegedly donated to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s election.”

This was contained in a statement KOCO issued on Monday through its director of media and publicity, Lere Olayinka.

The statement read “Apart from the looted funds that he must return, Fayemi must also visit the families of those teachers who died prematurely as a result of his bad policy of demoting Principal and Vice Principal to class teachers and pay compensation to them.

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“Furthermore, he must demonstrate that he is now a changed person by desisting from telling white lies as he did on National Television yesterday, lying so brazenly that he did not give APC delegates money to get their votes.

“Until he does all these, his apology will only be seen as part of the political gimmicks that he is known for and Ekiti people will never take him seriously.”

Olusola of the PDP and Fayemi of the APC are major contenders to the governorship seat of Ekiti State in the coming July 14 governorship election in the state.

 

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