Following allegations from the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Ayo Fayose on Monday refuted allegations of paying himself a sum of N750million terminal benefit for his first term.
In a message to the people to mark his re-election, Fayose said only a ‘heartless and wicked leader’ would pay himself such a staggering amount considering the parlous state of the state’s economy.
The governor appealed to the residents to be wary of the game plan of the opposition which he said was to cause disaffection between them, saying apparent joblessness of Ekiti APC members was responsible for them engaging totally in fabricating lies.
“I am Ayo Fayose, your governor who can never do that, since you have known me, you will observed that I have always been transparent and down to earth with you in all matters, please be assured that I am not in a hurry to get rich through the back door as suggested by my detractors.
“Let us even think of it whether it was logical for me to have been so selfish into paying such money into my private account, what sense does that make to a right thinking person when such money was almost enough to augment what we are looking for to pay the May salary to Ekiti workers,” Fayose said.
He assured the people of the state of his administration’s readiness to bring rapid development to the state despite the dwindling financial resources at hand.