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How Adeyeye celebrated EFCC’s arrest of Ekiti Finance Commissioner, Accountant General …Vows to ground Fayose’s govt



Still angry over Governor Ayodele Fayose’s adoption of the Ekiti State Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) preferred aspirant for the 2018 governorship election, instead of him, former Minister of State for Works and PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, threw cautions to wind last Thursday, when he openly celebrated the arrest Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo and Accountant General, Mrs Yemisi Owolabi by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

It was learnt that Adeyeye, out of anger, may have decided to team up with some elements in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to frustrate activities of the State Government, especially payment of salaries and the October 5 Teachers Day celebration.

Adeyeye gave tacit support to the EFCC arrest of the Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance Accountant General, thinking that the arrest of the duo will ground the government and make it impossible to pay workers salary with the September allocation just released by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).

Sources told our reporter that Prince Adeyeye was already working with the permutation that he will rather have the PDP lose the governorship election in 2018 than supporting the choice of Governor Fayose.

“On Thursday, when the news of the arrest of the duo of Chief Toyin Ojo and Mrs Owolabi came to Adeyeye, he was highly elated that he said; ‘won sere bere’ (that’s the beginning) and went on to say that; ‘by the time the finance sector of the government is grounded, let’s how he (Fayose) will be able to run his government. Let’s see how he will be able to even pay salary with whatever allocation that is received.’

“But some of us who were with him were not happy because the Government of Fayose is PDP and even if Adeyeye gets the party’s ticket, he will still need the governor’s goodwill to win the election. Therefore, it does not make sense to us that Adeyeye has turned himself to an opposition to the State government,” one of those who were with Adeyeye on Thursday said.

It should be recalled that instead of using his position as the PDP National Publicity Secretary to condemn the arrest and detention of the Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance Accountant General since Thursday, Adeyeye said he owed it to personal integrity to remain truthful at all times on any matter under the sun. He argued that the matter in question has not been brought to the attention of the party leaders, adding that he is not aware neither of the facts of the matter.

Adeyeye went further to say that won’t dent his personal image doling out falsehood to Nigerians in the name of being PDP spokesperson.

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