Tag: Fayose
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Fayose loses ward, polling unit to APC in Ekiti
Mr Ayodele Fayose, former Governor Ekiti, has lost his ward and polling unit in Afao Ekiti to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s house of assembly election. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC candidate, Hakeem Jamiu, polled 168 votes to defeat Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, Sunday Omosilade, who garnered 26…
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Fayose’s aide, others dump PDP for APC
Mr Ayodeji Adu, a Special Assistant on Local Government Affairs under the Ayo Fayose administration in Ekiti, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adu, along with some PDP supporters in Afao Ekiti, announced their defection when the campaign train of the APC House of Assembly candidate in Irepodun/…
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Presidential poll: Buhari’s victory is rape on Nigeria’s democracy – Fayose
Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has hailed Nigerians for their courage to withstand what he called a rape on democracy. He described the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in last Saturday’s election as allegedly secured through “the barrel of the gun” and not worth celebrating by the winner. But the former governor did not…
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I did not sign for cash collected from Dasuki for Fayose, Obanikoro tells Court
The Federal High Court in Lagos Monday heard that there is no record of the N1.2billion and $5million which former Minister of State for defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, allegedly delivered to former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose. Testifying in Fayose’s trial for money laundering before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, Obanikoro, the fifth prosecution witness, said he…
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I inherited over N155.79b debt from Fayose – Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has expressed concern over the state’s debt profile under the immediate past Ayodele Fayose administration. The governor said his predecessor left an humongous debt profile of N155,791,785,214 as at October 16, before he assumed office. Fayemi made the allegations in his “State of the State” address marking his administration’s first…
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Arms deal: Obanikoro testifies against Fayose, says he received $5m from Dasuki’s imprest
A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday told a Federal High Court that money was given to former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State from the imprest account of a former National Security Adviser in June 2014. Obanikoro gave evidence in the trial of Fayose before Justice Mojisola Olaterogun in…
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Fayose’s political appointees dump PDP, defect massively to APC
Elected and appointed political office holders at the local government levels under the immediate past Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government led by Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors numbering about 500 from across the 16 council areas of the state included political office holders during Fayose’s first and…
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Fayose reacts as Buhari withdraws assent to Electoral Amendment Bill
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday, reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the Electoral Bill. Buhari had for the third time withheld his assent to the bill. This was disclosed by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. Addressing State House correspondents…
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Fayemi terminates Fayose’s last minute appointments
The Ekiti Executive Council at its sitting on Wednesday approved the cancellation of certain key appointments made by former Gov. Ayo Fayose in the twilight of his tenure. The review also affects all other appointments made into the state’s public service. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, who briefed newsmen at…