Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to return the N1.5 billion belonging to the state allegedly donated to fund his election by former governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi.
According to the party, “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.”
In a press statement issued on Monday in Ado-Ekiti by the state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Jackson Adebayo, the N1.5 billion, if returned, will go a long way in cushioning the effects of the dwindling economic fortune of the State, especially payment of workers salary.
“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.
“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. Where then is the morality in Buhari’s anti-corruption posture when he was funded with stolen fund?” the party said.
It was alleged that Fayemi, who is now the Minister of Solid Minerals in Buhari’s government, 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 other to place him in a vantage position for ministerial appointment should Buhari win the February 14 Presidential election.”
The party insists that Buhari must therefore return the N1.5 billion that was allegedly used to fund his election.
While reiterating the PDP’s support for the fight against corruption, the party maintained “President Buhari must first remove the logs in his eyes before his attempt to remove the toothpicks in others.”
