#EkitiGate: Jonathan Gave Fayose $37 Million to Rig Elections

Embattled former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti state, Dr. Temitope Aluko, has alleged that former President, Goodluck Jonathan gave $37 million to then candidate of the party, Ayo Fayose to prosecute the June 21, 2014, governorship election in Ekiti state.

Aluko, who disclosed this to reporters in Abuja on Sunday, stated that the money was effectively deployed in order to defeat the then Governor of the State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who was the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He revealed that the immediate past President initially gave Fayose $2m in March 2014 for the primary election and that this money was collected at the NNPC Towers, Abuja.

Aluko said, “It was about $35m dollars which is about N4.7bn he gave us for the real election and for the primaries, he released 2 million dollars to Fayose.

“I have details for all I am saying and I was present when they brought the money and it was Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro that brought the money, the 35 million dollars which he delivered to Fayose at Spotless Hotel.

“I can name eight people that were there. We were all there because he said he will want us to take delivery so that there will be transparency and accountability.”

Noting that he was a part of the team that prosecuted the election, the party scribe disclosed that he was the chairman of the Intelligence, security committee for the campaign, adding that he handled the waiver Fayose got from the PDP at the national level to enable him qualify to take part in the governorship primary.
Aluko, while further buttressing the important roles he played in the emergence of Fayose, stated that he delivered the congresses that produced Fayose and was also the governor’s principal witness at the Election Petition Tribunal