Below is a press release from Governor Ayo Fayose's aides
Ogun State born Maxwell Olusegun Adegbenro, Special Assistant on Social
Media to the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi
has accused traditional rulers in Ekiti State, who attended forum
organised by Concerned Yoruba Elderst in Ile-Ife on Friday, of
collecting N150, 000 bribe each to attend the event.
Maxwell Adegbenro made this allegations on his Facebook page at about 11:30 am on Saturday.He berated the Obas, including the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe
of travelling to Ile-Ife to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan,
saying; "The Ekiti Obas can receive the President in their home state
and not OAU at a function organised by a group in close association with
PDP."
Adegbenro, who is Dr Fayemi’s spokesperson on social media must have
echoed the position of the former governor on the traditional rulers'
visit to Ile-Ife on Friday to attend the event.
He said; "And our own traditional rulers in their borrowed robe suddenly
filled Gov Fayose escort to endorse Jonathan and not to receive him.
"Was Jonathan coming to Ekiti? How may Ondo State Traditional rulers graced the programme?
"How many Osun State Obas, Ogun and Oyo suddenly became President
Jonthan convoy team to a meeting supposedly organised to rally support
for him?
"You and I know why these Obas were there. They may have been
lucksturally deceived by Fayose in presenting entire Ekiti before
President Jonathan as peoples choice and candidate.
"Traditional rulers are separable of despotic politics. An interplay
that has no moral, cultural ground is justifiably an ills to our values
and norms. Egbon, that is my point. Where then is their integrity. So, again I heard they were paid 150k each."
Reacting, Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka described the comment as an
insult on the entire people of Ekiti.
Olayinka, who demanded an immediate retraction of the statement and
apology by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, said
Governor Fayose will not stand and watch anyone dragging the traditional
institution in Ekiti State in the mud
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