The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti state, Prof. Olusola Kolapo, has urged the state election petition tribunal to declare him as the duly elected governor of the state.
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The materials were tendered by Prof. Olusola Kolapo, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate at the elections, through their counsel, Yusuf Ali (SAN), as part of evidence to prosecute their case.
Fayose was on October 22 arraigned on 11-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, alongside his company, Spotless Investment Ltd.
The petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the Ekiti July 14 governorship election, Prof. Olusola Kolapo, had approached the tribunal to challenge the outcome of the election.
The group, which insisted that there should be no argument as to whether or not the money has been received, added that Ogun State Government received N17.3 billion, being the last tranche of Paris Club last month, while Ondo State got N20.9 billion.
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state on Tuesday denied receiving N30 billion from the Federal Government after its inauguration.
Fayemi had a unique style of greeting the people, throwing his hands in the air with some kind of bird-like movement.
But, the commission has declined comment on the issue, preferring the media await developments on it.
Biodun Oyebanji, the Secretary to the State Government, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, directed the chairmen of the boards of the agencies to hand over to the most senior officers in their respective agencies.
The revelation about the financial records of Ekiti was contained in a document submitted to the DMO office in Abuja by officials of the state government in July, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.
Elder Moses who was until recently chairman of the party in Moba Local Government, was trailed to his residence by the gunmen who later shot him in the presence of his family members.
Ozekhome said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.
The Ekiti Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday in Abuja admitted as exhibits, electoral materials used in Efon Local Government Area for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti.
The human rights body made its position known in a statement on Thursday by its Founder and Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that students and pupils pay N1,000 and N500 respectively as development levy per term under the administration of former Governor Ayo Fayose.
The Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday.
Olayinka said this in a statement on Wednesday.
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has insisted that his administration did not commit the State to any financial institution in form of bonds and commercial loans, describing the claim by Governor Kayode Fayemi that the State was indebted to the tune of N170 billion as false and “a way of preparing grounds for his impending failure just as he did when he assumed office in 2010.”
Fayose, who reacted through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, said Ekiti people knew that his administrations, both the first and second, were never an error, rather they brought unparalleled blessings and development to the state.
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Iyiola Omisore, has told a group he described as “faceless” to stop peddling unfounded allegations against him.