Ayo Fayose

Peter Ayodele Fayose
Governor of Ekiti State
In office
29 May 2003 – 16 October 2006
Preceded by Niyi Adebayo
Succeeded by Tunji Olurin
Personal details
Born 15 November 1960 (1960-11-15) (age 56)
Political party People's Democratic Party (PDP)
Ayo Fayose
Governor of Ekiti State
In office
16 Oct 2014 – Date
Preceded by Kayode Fayemi
Personal details
Political party People's Democratic Party (PDP)

Peter Ayodele Fayose (born 15 November 1960) is the current governor of Ekiti State in Nigeria . He was governor from 29 May 2003 to 16 October 2006.

Early life

Fayose grew up in Oyo State where he attended Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo. He is married to Feyisetan.[1] He conducted one of the most sought after medical outreach programmes during his political campaign in 2001.[2]

Fayose became the second executive governor of Ekiti on 29 May 2003 after defeating the then incumbent Governor Niyi Adebayo in the Ekiti State governorship elections. Fayose could not complete his tenure as a result of an impeachment on 16 October 2006.

During the 2014 Governorship election in Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose was again the PDP flag bearer. He won the election and was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission as the new Governor, Ekiti State; he was inaugurated on 16 Oct 2014.

Fayose who now boast of been the only Nigerian to defeat an incumbent two times historically returned to office 8 years after his impeachment, on the same date.

Allegation of Vote Rigging

An army intelligence officer Captain Sagir Koli of the Nigerian Army 32nd Artilery Brigade, secretly recorded a vote-rigging plan on June 20, 2014 when he was asked to accompany his then commanding Officer, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, to a meeting at Spotless Hotel in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.[3][4][5]

The 37-minute audio recording was attended by the eventual “winner” of the election, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State; Senator Iyiola Omisore of Osun State; a member of the National Assembly Abdul Kareem; the Minister for Police Affairs Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan; the former Minister for Police Affairs and navy captain Caleb Olubolade; the Minister of State for Defense Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and PDP Anambra chieftain and failed senate candidate Chris Uba, as they bribed army Brigadier General Momoh with a rank promotion for his assistance in carrying out election fraud in Ekiti State. [6][7]

For exposing the vote-rigging of the Ekiti State governor election of Fayose, Captain Sagir Koli was praised by the military for his “non-partisanship and professional conduct during the election period.”[8][9]

On April 4, 2016, the disgraced brigadier-general Aliyu Momoh was dishonourably sacked from the Nigerian military based on the recommendations of a military panel set up by the Army authorities to look into allegations of professional misconduct against military personnel in the conduct of the June 14, 2014 governorship poll in Ekiti State, the 2015 general elections and the August, 2014 governorship election in Osun State.[10]

Bank Accounts Blocked by EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission froze four Zenith Bank accounts used by Fayose to launder money for his Ekiti governorship election in 2014 in a lawsuit no. FHC/CS?871/2016 titled “Federal Republic of Nigeria Vs Zenith bank PLC account numbers 1003126654, 9013074033, 1010170969 and 1013835889.”

The judge Justice Mohammed Idris had granted the EFCC on June 24 2016 an order freezing all the funds in the said accounts in Zenith Bank. Two accounts belong to Governor Ayo Fayose while the third belongs to his hotel Spotless Hotel in Ado Ekiti. The fourth account was operated by one of Fayose’s aides, Abiodun Agbele, who is under EFCC custody.

The EFCC had alleged that those accounts possessed funds, said to be about N4.7 billion (US$20mn)stolen from the office of the National Security Adviser,, with most of the money secretly retained by Fayose for his personal use after the election.[11] [12] [13]

Challenged Aisha Buhari To Travel To USA

On June 22, 2016, Fayose had claimed that Aisha Buhari, the wife of the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari was the same person (who had claimed to be a daughter of General Muhammadu Buhari) [14] indicted by a US Court for transferring $170,000 to indicted US Congressman, Williams Jefferson, in the William J. Jefferson corruption case involving Halliburton[15][16][17] and that she was avoiding arrest by US authorities by failing to accompany her husband on his three presidential visits to the United States.[18]

However when Aisha Buhari travelled to Washington DC in August 4, 2016,[19] Fayose subsequently claimed that her US visit did not invalidated the Haliburton judgement against her, saying "Has traveling to the US invalidated the judgment that said Aisha Buhari transferred $170,000 to Jefferson’s account? “Has traveling to the US erased the fact that Aisha Buhari transferred $170,000 to Williams Jefferson? [20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Governor donates building to Olivet Heights, Oyo State - Ekiti State - News Retrieved 2007-10-13
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-22. "Fayose the comeback kid and future of Ekiti"
  3. ↑ "How Obanikoro, Fayose, Chris Uba And Brig. General Momoh Rigged Ekiti Governorship Election In Collusion With The Nigeria Army"
  4. ↑ "Tope Aluko reveals how Governor rigged Ekiti elections"
  5. ↑ "We perfected Ekiti rigging in hotel –Aluko"
  6. ↑ "How Obanikoro, Chris Uba, Omisore, Olubolade, Nigerian Army General Rigged Fayose Into Power" SaharaTV, Youtube"
  7. ↑ "Ekiti Elections - Soldier who recorded ‘election rigging’ discussion speaks ou"
  8. ↑ "Nigeria: Army Panel Praises Captain Who Exposed Ekiti Rigging Video, Recommends Sack, Prosecution of Top Officers"
  9. ↑ "Nigerian Army panel praises captain who exposed Ekiti rigging video, recommends sack, prosecution of top officers"
  10. ↑ "Army General sacked over role in 'rigged' governorship election"
  11. ↑ "Fayose’s bank account remains frozen, as Court adjourns to Sept 30"
  12. ↑ "Court Order Freezing Governor Fayose's Zenith Bank Accounts Surfaces "
  13. ↑ "INSIDE STORY: Real reason Governor Fayose’s account was frozen"
  14. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Aisha Buhari unveiled… but is she the president’s wife, daughter or an impostor?"
  15. ↑ "Teed Up: Golf, K Street and Nigeria, New York Times, April 29 2007"
  16. ↑ "Let Aisha Buhari travel to US to prove she’s innocent of Halliburton scam – Fayose"
  17. ↑ "Halliburton scandal: Prove your innocence by travelling to US – Fayose dares Buhari’s wife"
  18. ↑ "Aisha Buhari in The US Different From Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari, SaharaReporters Finds"
  19. ↑ "Photos: Aisha Buhari faults Fayose’s allegations, visits Washington DC"
  20. ↑ "Finally Fayose Breaks Silence: Reacts To Aisha Buhari's Trip To USA, Attacks Her Again "


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