Dr Temitope Aluko during a
live interview programme on ADABA 88.9 FM said Zenith Bank did not sponsor the
governor’s election campaign.
The former Secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, on Tuesday said Ekiti State
Governor, Ayo Fayose and the former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu
Obanikoro, clashed over the huge cash deployed for the June 21, 2014 governorship
poll in the state.
Aluko explained that Zenith
Bank only gave Fayose N200 million after he had won the governorship election.
“President
Jonathan gave us security and money, the money was sent from a Diamond Bank
branch through an account run by Sylvan MacNamara, a company owned by Obanikoro.
“My
boss (Fayose) said he wanted to get his own in cash and that was why
arrangement was made to get his own in cash and that was why such a huge amount
(N2.1 billion) was ferried by plane. Obanikoro cannot claim not to have brought
the money.
“He
(Fayose) chose his man, Abiodun Agbele, to keep the money in a Zenith Bank
account and the money was lodged at Zenith Bank, Alagbaka Branch in Akure. The
transaction was not recorded and it got to a stage when it was discovered that
the money was short by N80 million.
“This
caused a crisis between Fayose and Obanikoro who brought money thrice from
Abuja. He (Obanikoro) brought other things apart from money which I won’t
disclose now and it was from it that N1 billion was released to INEC officials
to manipulate Ekiti and Osun polls.
“Fayose
was threatening former President Goodluck Jonathan that he (Fayose) must
deliver so that Jonathan will win in Southwest. All the PDP elders were kept
out of picture on the transactions and cash and some of the cash deployed did
not get to their destinations.
“The
cash carried on the plane was not entered into the plane manifest, the N2.1
billion was delivered to a bank at 4:30am in Ekiti. The N2.3 billion remaining
from the total cash received for the election was used to buy house in Abuja
and the house belongs to Fayose.
“Fayose
purchased five houses in Victoria Island and Banana Island. The property in
Dubai was purchased by a fellow who is known as Bisi in Ekiti but is known as
Femi abroad. Questions are being asked on the N3 billion used to purchase the
Dubai property but I strongly believe that we will recover our money.”
Fayose bi no 1 barawo
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