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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state has alleged that Kayode Fayemi, former governor of the state, donated N1.5 billion belonging to Ekiti to the campaign fund of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Jackson Adebayo, spokesman of the PDP in Ekiti, said Fayemi used the money to buy his position as a minister.

Fayemi is currently the minister of solid minerals.

Adebayo said the anti-corruption crusade of the federal government is one-sided, challenging Buhari to refund the money, which he said “will go a long way in cushioning the effects of the dwindling economic fortune of the state, especially payment of workers salary”.

“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),”  Adebayo said in a statement.

“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 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.”

Adebayo said Fayemi owed two months salaries when he left office, but that did not stop him from investing in the All Progressives Congress.

“The APC government of Fayemi left office with August and September 2014 salaries of workers unpaid but the same Fayemi could donate N1.5bn to Buhari’s campaign just because he wanted to be minister,” he said.

“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.”