PDP, Fayemi trade words over alleged sale of Governor’s Lodge
Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democractic Party and Governor Kayode Fayemi at the weekend exchanged verbal invectives over alleged sale of the Governor’s Lodge in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
But Fayemi, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications, Segun Dipe, denied the allegations, describing it as spurious and a monumental falsehood that lacks content of validity. He added that the same property was purchased during Segun Oni-led administration from Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola when he was the governor of Osun State at the time.This he said, triggered him to order its demolition for a more befitting edifice.
He also alleged that Fayose illegally sold the official land acquired by the state’s first civilian governor, Otuna Adeniyi Adebayo for the building of the state lodge in Abuja. In swift reaction, the opposition PDP described the allegation as false and tissue of lies, saying “when you accuse someone of committing fraud, and instead of simply defending himself with facts and figures, he goes about accusing another person, it is obvious that such a person has a lot to hide.
On the claims that construction of the Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja was captured in the budget, the party said it was an afterthought, noting that only N250 million was budgeted in 2020, and the N250 million was a balance of the N1 billion budgeted in 2019, out of which N770.9 million was spent.
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