Browsing: Governor Ayodele Fayose

Olatubosun said in the statement: “As at the time Mr. Fayose filled his form at INEC and lied he had never been indicted by any panel, no judgment had been delivered to reverse his impeachment until the Supreme Court verdict of today. This implies that it is profitable to lie and cheat as the end will always justify the means

The party approached the Court of Appeal, which also dismissed the petition, but noted the illegality in the deployment of soldiers to rig election in Fayose’s favour and agreed that Fayose was legally removed from office having been indicted in the N1.3 billion poultry project fraud over which he was impeached by the Ekiti State House of Assembly

Reacting to Fayose’s diatribe against the judiciary over its ruling that barred President Goodluck Jonathan from deploying the military for election purposes, the APC Publicity Secretary in Ekiti State, Taiwo Olatubosun, said in a statement that the governor’s utterances smacked of contempt of court and brazen attempt to blackmail the judges in the course of performing their legal duties

In the petition by the State Chairman of the APC, Chief Olajide Awe, dated‎ February 13, 2015, the party called their attention to an audio recording by Captain Sagir Koli of the 32 Artillery Brigade based in Akure, Ondo State, which was released to the public capturing the voices of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State; the Commanding Officer of 32 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh; Senator Iyiola Omisore; Police Affairs Minister, Jelili Adesiyan; a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; and others in a meeting where they strategised to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election in favour of Fayose

The Special Assistant to Fayose on Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, who reacted to the APC’s claim, said the party should rather prevail on its state Chairman, Jide Awe, and the three House of Assembly members that are standing trial for killing innocent Ekiti State sons and daughter to make themselves available for prosecution

Olayinka said in a statement on Tuesday that the Fayose administration had been paying workers salary since its emergence in October 2014, adding: “It was the All Progressives Congress government of the immediate past Governor Kayode Fayemi that denied teachers and other workers their August and September salaries