Ekiti APC threatens to sue Fayose over Paris Club refund
The All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has threatened that it will sue
Governor Ayodele Fayose if the Paris Club refund it said was released to the
state was misapplied.
Ekiti APC, in a
statement on Tuesday, claimed that Paris Club refund of N9.5b was released to
the state according to the conditions attached to the fund, warning that
“failure to spend the money to benefit Ekiti people will force the party to
approach the courts and mobilize the people on the streets to protest any
misapplication of the cash.”
In the statement by
the publicity secretary of the party in the state, Chief Taiwo Olatunbosun, APC
said it faulted Fayose’s claim that the state’s share of the money was N4
billion after debts and local government deductions, claiming that “in the
Paris Club refund protocol, the cash released to the state was neither subject
to debts nor local government deductions but a special fund to pay salary.”
Olatunbosun added
in the statement that “it was the state government that borrowed money from
Paris Club and not local governments and so the Paris cash belonged exclusively
to the state government,” adding that “it was only statutory federal
allocations that are subject to debts deduction.”
He said: “We are
aware that after our great party APC educated Ekiti people and workers in
particular about the details and truth about the N9.5bn Paris Club refund to
Ekiti State, Governor Fayose has begun a fresh and more aggressive propaganda
to have his way to selfishly misapply the money.
“We are aware that
Fayose has compiled fake documents with intent to deceive traditional rulers
and his compromised foot soldiers in the Labour movement, who he has been using
to brainwash the workers to accept their fate to hunger and penury, to create
the impression that he is transparent in the management of Ekiti funds.
“Governor Fayose
had applied this fraudulent method successfully for selfish reasons in the
past, but this time, it is going to be a different ball-game to show Fayose
that he is not the only person who must enjoy a good life among 2.6 million
Ekiti people.”
