By Emeka Nze Abuja
Th e arrest of the commissioner of Finance and the Accountant General of Ekiti state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has pitted the governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose and the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye.
Th e EFCC last Th ursday arrested the Commissioner for Finance and the Accountant General of Ekiti state and at the time of writing this report, both were yet to be released. On Saturday, the governor through the Ekiti state PDP Publicity Secretary accused the National Publicity Secretary, Adeyeye of abandoning the state chapter to its fate, but Adeyeye has denied the allegation. Asked to clear the air on the allegations raised against him, Adeyeye in a telephone interview, stated that “it is my personal principle to remain truthful at all times on any issue and not peddle falsehood in the name of being a spokesman of any organisation”.
According to him, the matter in question “has not been brought to the attention of the party leaders neither has he, as an individual, been acquainted with the facts of the matter”. Adeyeye noted that as long as he was not briefed on the issue, he “won’t drag his personal integrity in the mud”, doling out falsehood to Nigerians in the name of being the spokesman for the PDP. Jackson Adebayo, Ekiti state Publicity Secretary had accused Prince Adeyeye of abandoning the commissioners to suff er without attacking the government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he had “an axe to grind with the Ekiti state governor”. He attributed Adeyeye’s silence on the matter to the governor’s adoption of his deputy, Kolapo Eleka, as the preferred PDP candidate for the 2018 governorship election.
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