Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says his administration will not abandon projects inherited from the previous government.Fayemi said although he may not agree with Ayodele Fayose, his predecessor, on the rationale behind the establishment of some projects, abandoning them would amount to wasting the resources of the state.The governor spoke in Afao Ekiti on Wednesday during his tour of [...]
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Lere Olayinka, spokesman of Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, says his principal has thrown a challenge to President Muhammadu Buhari’s men by submitting himself for investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Olayinka made the remark at the federal high court, Ikoyi, where Fayose is facing trial for alleged money laundering and charges bordering on financial misappropriation.The [...]
Ayodele Fayose, immediate past governor of Ekiti, has arrived at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.Fayose had earlier notified the EFCC that he will make himself available immediately his tenure expires.He was on Tuesday accompanied to the anti-graft agency's office by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, and Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation.Wearing [...]
Ayodele Fayose, outgoing governor of Ekiti, has left for the nation's capital, Abuja, to honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Fayose had earlier written a letter to the EFCC saying he will turn himself in immediately his tenure as governor expires on October 16.Idowu Adelusi, chief press secretary to Fayose, said "the governor is on his [...]
Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor, says he is not afraid of being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The anti-graft agency has asked the Nigeria customs service to place the outgoing governor on its watch list, saying he is likely to flee the country in a bid to evade investigation.Fayose said the action of the EFCC is "petty" [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has condemned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the electoral act (amendment) bill.The forum made the condemnation in a communiqué signed by Ayodele Fayose, its chairman and governor of Ekiti state, after its meeting in in Abuja on Monday.The governors said the president’s decline of assent to the bill was indicative that [...]
If history is classified as truly the prerogative of the victor, then one concept likely to be revisited in the times ahead will be the vexatious “stomach infrastructure”. Ordinarily, the imagery evoked would perhaps not be more than the entrails of oesophagus, kidneys, intestines down to the rectum in human skeleton commonly displayed in the biology lab.But not until after [...]
Ayo Fayose, Ekiti state governor, says he is being harassed and that his security aides have been withdrawn.The governor said the Ekiti government house was invaded after the gubernatorial election of Saturday, July 14.Fayose made the claim on Tuesday after a one-man roadshow which he ended at the palace of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, oba Adeyemo Adejugbe.According to NAN, the [...]
Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor, has accused Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), of trying to rig next week's governorship election in the state, using “Edo template”.Fayose spoke in response to a remark from the APC national chairman who said the governor is “hunted by ghosts of forces he used to capture power".Idowu Adelusi, chief press [...]
“The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe because its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.” - AnonymousI have been waiting for the auspicious time to comprehensively interrogate Governor Ayodele Fayose’s “Continuity Agenda” which----for all practical purposes----the only pillar upon which his support for Prof. Kolapo Olusola (his deputy) [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti says it has suspended its gubernatorial campaign earlier scheduled to kick off on Monday.The suspension came as the state police command released the report of Friday’s shooting incident at the APC reception organised for Kayode Fayemi, its flagbearer in the July 14 governorship election.Jide Awe, chairman of the party in the state, told [...]
Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, has thanked the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for electing Kayode Fayemi as its candidate for the upcoming governorship election.He described Fayemi as the candidate Ekiti people "love to vote against at all times".On Saturday, Fayemi, minister of solid minerals development, emerged the party's flag bearer in the July 14 poll.With 941 votes, he [...]
Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says those who voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 general election ought to beg God for forgiveness.Alleging that Buhari has brought untold economic hardship and unprecedented level of insecurity upon Nigerians, Fayose said things would have been different if Buhari did not win.He appealed to people to vote out the All Progressives Congress [...]
Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to the president on political matters, has promised to probe the “useless government” of Ayo Fayose, if he is elected governor of the state.Ojudu made his intention known while declaring his interest in the governorship race.Addressing the crowd at Ado Ekiti, the state capital, where his declaration rally held, Ojudu promised to touch many lives.“Today, I [...]
Ayo Fayose, Ekiti state governor, has yet again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step aside.The governor said the insecurity and economic problems in the country were indications that the president lacks the know-how to be at the helm of the affairs.In a statement issued by Lere Olayinka, his spokesman, the governor said the abduction of 105 pupils of Government [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says there is a massive corruption in the new regime of fuel.The federal government has denied paying subsidy.But speaking at a meeting of its national working committee (NWC) and governors’ forum in Asaba, Delta state, Uche Secondus, the party’s national chairman, and Ayo Fayose, chairman of PDP governors' forum, said the government of President Muhammadu [...]
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