Strong indications emerged, yesterday, that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has begun the investigation of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and his wife, Feyisetan, as well as his top aides. Efforts, however, to get the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, proved abortive as he refused to answer his calls. TheCable […]
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BY applauding and approving what he described as “a charade that passed for the governorship election in Ekiti State last Saturday,” Governor Ayodele Fayose, yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari has shown that he lacks democratic credentials. Reacting to a statement by President Buhari’s Media Aide, Mallam Garba Shehu, entitled: “Fayose: In the end, a high-powered […]
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The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of insincerity in his claim that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Kayode Fayemi, plans to create cattle colonies across the state if he wins the July 14 poll. It accused Fayose of running a campaign of blackmail and lies instead of programmes […]
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The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has again condemned the federal government over its nonchalant attitude towards ending the fuel scarcity being experienced across the country, calling for immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari as the minister of petroleum. The governor, who reiterated his position that the All Progressives Congress (APC) federal government was […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has decried the misuse of public utilities by the public and government officials, saying such has become a drain of public resources. He has therefore ordered the immediate suspension of four government officials and the setting up of a panel to look into their activities and the way they […]
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Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Governors’ Forum of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Friday describes the factional chairman of the party, Senator Alimodu Sheriff, for walking out on party leaders during a pre-reconciliation meeting held in Abuja. The PDP, which ruled Nigeria from 1999 to 2015, had been embroiled in […]
Read More Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo stop deceiving the world with his anti-corruption posture, saying; “the former president is the father of corruption in Nigeria, who sits on stolen wealth. He lacks moral rights to accuse anyone of corruption and I challenge him to explain to Nigerians the source […]
Read More Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on the Nigeria Senate President, Bukola Saraki, not to join the Federal Government in ruining Nigeria by supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for $29.96bn foreign loan. The governor, who called on Saraki to join Nigerians who were against the loan, cautioned him not to because of his own […]
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The former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro detained by the EFCC has implicated Governor Ayodele Fayose in the probe of the N4.745billion wired to a company by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA). The cash was wired to Sylva Mcnamara, which has been linked to Obanikoro within seven months in 2014, The Nation learnt. […]
Read More Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, in this interview with KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE, bares his mind on many issues You made some predictions about Nigeria. Have they come to pass? The predictions were published in December last year. After the publication, so many people attacked me and said I predicted doom for Nigeria. But today, I won’t […]
Read More Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has joined other Nigerians calling for the restructuring of the country, saying it was strange that the All Progressives Congress (APC), which was at the fore-front of the agitation for true federalism, is now against restructuring as the ruling party. The governor, who hailed the position expressed last Thursday, […]
Read More A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital has declined an ex parte order sought by the state government to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating the finances of the state. The presiding judge, Justice Cornelius Akintayo ordered the applicant to put the defendants in the case on notice […]
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