Ekiti PDP to Buhari: Refund our N1.5bn used in funding your campaign

Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to refund N1.5billion allegedly taken from the state’s coffers and donated to his presidential campaign by Kayode Fayemi, former governor of the state.

PDP spokesman in the state, Jackson Adebayo, who disclosed this in a press statement, said the former governor used the money to buy his position as the Minister of Solid Minerals.

While he viewed the anti-corruption crusade of the Federal Government as a one-sided affair, Adebayo challenged
Buhari refund the money if he is sincere with the fight against corruption.

The statement reads: “Equity and justice demand that Buhari should return what he got from Ekiti State treasury through Fayemi, if he is running after those who allegedly got money from the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).

“Fayemi, who is now Buhari’s Minister of Solid Minerals reportedly transferred N1.5 billion from his account in a bank located along Liberation Square, Accra, Ghana to the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential campaign fund account in order to place him in a vantage position for ministerial appointment should Buhari win the February 14 presidential election and true to his expectation, he was appointed minister.

“N1.5 billion is a lot of money and Ekiti State government will only need to add some millions to be able to pay one month salary if Buhari returns the money.”

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The PDP spokesman argued that if Fayemi who left office owing August and September 2014 salaries of workers unpaid salaries, could donate N1.5 billion to Buhari’s campaign, it means that the former governor has questions to answer.

“Where then is the morality in Buhari’s anti-corruption posture when he was funded with stolen fund? The President must therefore return the N1.5 billion stolen from Ekiti State that was used to fund his election.

“President Buhari must first remove the logs in his eyes before his attempt to remove the toothpicks in other people’s eyes, can be taken seriously and the first step he must take is to return the N1.5 billion he got from Fayemi to fund his election,” he said.

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