Shock as Buhari Gets Caught in Multi-Billion Bribery Scandal

The Ekiti State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to refund N1.5 billion, which was allegedly taken from the State’s coffers and donated to his presidential campaign, by Kayode Fayemi, the former Governor of the State.

PDP spokesman in the State, Jackson Adebayo, who disclosed this in a press statement, on Monday night, said the former Governor used the money to buy his position as the Minister of Solid Minerals.

This came against series of allegations making round, that the President is “unlawfully’’ probing the PDP campaign funds, based on the massive arrest of the party chieftains.

While he viewed the anti-corruption crusade of the Federal Government as a one-sided affair, Adebayo challenged Buhari to refund the money, if he is sincere with the fight against corruption.

The statement reads: “Equity and justice demand that Buhari should return what he got from Ekiti State treasury through Fayemi, if he is running after those who allegedly got money from the office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.

“Fayemi, who is now Buhari’s Minister of Solid Minerals, reportedly transferred N1.5 billion from his account in a bank located along Liberation Square, Accra, Ghana, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign fund account, in order to place him in a vantage position for ministerial appointment, should Buhari win the February 14 presidential election, and true to his expectation, he was appointed minister.

“N1.5 billion is a lot of money and Ekiti State government will only need to add some millions, to be able to pay one month salary, if Buhari returns the money.”

The PDP spokesman further argued, that if Fayemi, who left office owing August and September 2014 salaries of workers, could donate N1.5 billion to Buhari’s campaign, it means that the former Governor has questions to answer.

“Where then is the morality in Buhari’s anti-corruption posture, when he was funded with stolen fund? The President must therefore return the N1.5 billion, stolen from Ekiti State, that was used to fund his election.

“President Buhari must first remove the logs in his eyes, before his attempt to remove the toothpicks in other people’s eyes can be taken seriously, and the first step he must take, is to return the N1.5 billion he got from Fayemi to fund his election,” he said.