Governorship aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ekiti State, Otunba Emmanuel Oluwayose (Fayose), has condemned the violent attack and burning of the ADC state secretariat in Ado-Ekiti by suspected political thugs on Tuesday. The incident occurred before the inauguration of newly-nominated State and Local Government Executives of the ADC, an event Otunba Oluwayose […]
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has gone under the knife. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that Fayose had two major surgical operations within five months. One in February (neck) and another one earlier this week (back). According to his associates, the surgeries are results of the attack on him during the 2018 Ekiti governorship […]
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has vowed to defeat any candidate put forward by the All Progressives Congress if he emerges PDP presidential candidate. He said, “It’s not about what you say but what you do. READ ALSO: Kanu Nwankwo, hotel fined by Lagos court I want to remind you that I was […]
Former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has disclosed that former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, tried everything he could to persuade him to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in favor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but he declined. In an exclusive interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Fayose, who said that President […]
The rivalry between Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose deepened on Thursday after he warned the latter against making inflammatory remarks about the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress in the South-West, only days after they publicly embraced and shouted conciliation. At a press conference held ahead of the congress […]
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has plans to organise a South West stakeholders meeting towards resolving the crisis in the zone, ahead of its zonal congresses. PDP said this in a statement submitted by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja. READ ALSO: APC ward leaders pass […]
Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has insisted that, if opportunity permits, he has an interest in becoming the President of Nigeria. Fayose also said he was not interested in the rumored presidential ambition of the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in 2023. Asked regarding his 2023 perception, he […]
Ayo Fayose, A former governor of Ekiti State, told members of the House of Representatives to be ready to face punishment from the federal government for summoning President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before the House. On Tuesday, December 1 Fayose made the statement in reaction to the summons issued by the lawmakers demanding the president […]
A factional leader of the Ekiti State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Abiodun Olujimi, on Thursday dismissed warnings by a former governor of the state, Ayo Fayose to the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, as an “empty threat.” Olujimi said the Oyo State governor was welcome to visit Ekiti State to assist […]
Fayose had on Saturday, during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress, officially received Oni, who had earlier left the party for All Progressives Congress (APC) before returning recently. As gathered by Daily Times, Fayose, in a series of tweets, urged members of his group, the Osoko Political Family, to accord Oni with all respect, saying […]
Former governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has hit out at President Olusegun Obasanjo, calling out the former President to cease peddling denigrating remarks about the character of the demised senator. The former governor expressed his candour on Twitter on Saturday evening where he tweeted “It is regrettable that Obasanjo could say what he […]
*They’ve no electoral value, he says Following the crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Governor Ayo Fayose, has said the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu and an erstwhile Minister of Works, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, were unwanted in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose […]
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, says that the crisis faced by All Progressives Congress (APC) shows that God is angry with the party. Mr Fayose, stated this via his twitter account where he blamed the APC for the security crisis, inter alia, befalling the country. He wrote: “The crisis being faced by APC is […]
Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti The crisis rocking the Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn yesterday as armed policemen took over the secretariat following the bloody clash between loyalists of former Governor Ayo Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi over the conduct of ward congresses. The crisis broke out around […]
The N2.2bn fraud trial of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose proceeded on Friday with a banker, Olugbenga Falai, testifying as the sixth prosecution witness. Fayose, alongside a firm, Spotless Limited, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before the Federal High Court in Lagos. Both defendants have entered a no-guilty plea […]
The fraud trial of former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti resumed on Thursday before a Federal High Court Lagos, with a prosecution witness, Mr Johnson Abidakun, testifying that about N200 million was conveyed from Fayose’s premises. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N6.9 billion fraud and money […]
Lagos – A Federal Court in Lagos on Monday, granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to introduce a new witness in the ongoing N2.2bn fraud trial against Ayo Fayose and a firm, Spotless Investment Limited. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke dismissed an interlocutory summon by defence, challenging the evidence of the fifth witness […]
Immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has called on the Federal Government to fix the road linking Akure, Ondo State with Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State, saying that “the road is now in such a deplorable state that motorists now avoid it.” Coronavirus: Diaspora Commission denies neglecting Nigerians in China He said the […]
The presidency has reacted to the outcome of the Ekiti state governorship election, describing Ayo Fayose as a high powered nothing. The Presidency on Sunday descended heavily on the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, over the result of the Saturday governorship election in the state, describing him as “a high-powered nothing.” The Senior Special […]
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to contest the 2019 election, saying the country does not need him (Buhari) in 2019. Mr Fayose, who gave his reaction on Monday while speaking to journalists in Ado Ekiti, said if the president was given another term, he would “kill Nigeria”. […]