$2bn Arms Deal: Fayose Used Fund to Prosecute Governorship Ambition- APC

The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the incumbent governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, used part of the allegedly diverted $2 billion arms fund to prosecute the June 21 governorship election in the state. In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, on Friday, the state’s chapter of APC insisted that Governor Fayose would have to explain his role as regards N1.4 billion allegedly collected from the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), through a former minister from the southwest, to pursue his ambition. The party argued that it was glaring that the state governor took part of the arms fund allegedly diverted by the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), to prosecute the last governorship election in the state. “We are aware that Fayose at that time acquired a N750 million building in a choice area of Abuja from the proceeds of this fund,” the party said. “We are equally aware that Fayose submitted a bill of N30 billion to the then President Goodluck Jonathan as the amount he would require to unseat the then Governor Kayode Fayemi. “A certain amount was approved for the project out of which the soldiers, who were used to rig the election, were paid as well as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who released the soft copies of sensitive materials to Fayose to enable him have advantage over other candidates. “It is curious that when a newspaper reported that N1.4 billion was traced to a former minister to prosecute Ekiti and Osun elections, it was the same time the said minister sneaked out of the country to pursue further education while his accomplice, Governor Fayose, also travelled out about the same time. “We are demanding that Fayose should come out and tell Ekiti people how much he received from the armsgate money and the property he acquired with the fund while we also call on the EFCC to beam its searchlight on Fayose to know how much is traceable to him and a governor in a neighbouring state who coordinated the disbursements of the funds with which the Ekiti election was rigged with the connivance of the military.”