A group, the Ekiti Progressives Youths, EPY, has asked the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to react to the allegation that he donated N1 billion to the campaign fund of the Ondo State Governor-elect, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, expressing concern on why the former Ekiti governor could make such a donation after allegedly leaving the state in debt.
But the former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had denied an online report which alleged that Fayemi paid him N1 billion to appoint his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, as Secretary to the State Government, SSG, in Ondo State, describing the allegation as “acrimonious, wicked and irresponsible publications have no place in Ondo State politics”.
However, rising from its meeting in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, the EPY, in a communiqué signed by its President and Secretary, Mr Samuel Adekunle and Comrade Roland Adewale alleged that Fayemi donated N1.5 billion to the APC presidential election campaign and another N1 billion to governorship election campaign within two years when young members of his party are walloping in abject poverty.
They said, “it was wicked for Fayemi to have used fund looted from Ekiti State to purchase appointment as Secretary to the Government of Ondo State for his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi”, adding that “the N1 billion allegedly wasted in Ondo State by Fayemi would have empowered 10,000 youths in Ekiti State at N100, 000 each and that would have gone a long way to alleviate the sufferings of the youths, especially those in the APC”.
In a statement issued by them, the group said, “Fayemi allegedly donated N1.5 billion to the campaign fund of President Mohammadu Buhari, which many believed qualified him for the ministerial appointment that he got.
“It should also be recalled that two out of the four trailers of rice and other food items donated to the Ekiti State APC by Dangote Foundation, were diverted to Ondo State and handed to Akeredolu by Fayemi’s wife.
“Now, Fayemi has used another N1 billion to buy SSG appointment for his wife in Ondo State. This is the height of wickedness and we, the youths of Ekiti State are waiting for Fayemi to declare his ambition to contest the 2018 governorship election.”
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