The
Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is accusing
Governor Fashola and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of stealing
Lagos Funds to prosecute election in Ekiti State, calling on relevant
anti-corruption Agencies to commence necessary probe and arrests.
The
party on Wednesday stated that it was hinted by reliable source within
the council, especially in the council’s where the chairmen opted to be
honest and trust worthy. The source said that the “councils are
particularly averse to the move because they are indeed already cash
strapped by the incessant demands by the Governor”.
The
PDP claimed that the Governor compelled the 57 Councils in the State to
contribute 25 Million Naira each, from their May, 2014 Federal
allocations or borrow from Banks in order to support the Governorship
re-election of Kayode Fayemi in the Ekiti Governorship election that
will commence on Saturday, 21 June.
The party further claimed
that “the sum of 1.425 Billion Naira is expected from the 57 Councils
and a large chunk of it has been transferred into the personal account
of Governor Fayemi, using a new generation Bank Network”.
The
spokesman for the party, Taofik Gani, said the party could prove that
Governor Fashola had raised over five billion Naira for the Ekiti
governorship election with much of the monies directly stolen from the
State and Local Councils Treasury, This is notwithstanding other
logistics mobilised to be deployed from Lagos State to support Governor
Fayemi in Ekiti State.
Further explaining, he said: “We are
concrete sure of our facts that 25 Million Naira has been contributed by
each of the 57 Councils in Lagos State to support Governor Fayemi’s
wishful re-election.
“Fashola has again confirmed beyond any
doubt that he is indeed a corrupt Governor. We also wonder why similar
directive to contribute monies is not deployed to subsidise the
astronomical increment in the LASU tuition Fees which has led to
protracted strike and protests in the State. We call on anti-corruption
agencies to immediately get to the root”.

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