• Nothing on ground to justify over N500b allocations, Ojo claims

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that Governor Biodun Oyebanji will break his record and also surpass it.
 
Fayose said that Oyebanji will also surpass the record by winning in all 177 wards of the state. He noted that Oyebanji showed political strength during his submission of the nomination form in Abuja yesterday.
 
The former governor said that by the array of political bigwigs that accompanied Oyebanji to submit his party’s nomination form, it should now be clear to those still hanging on false hopes that there will be no vacancy in the Ekiti Government House until 2030.
 
He said, “The governor will not only break my record of 16 – 0, he will surpass it by winning all 177 wards.” Fayose, who reiterated that he was not a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stressed that he remained a supporter of Oyebanji and President Bola Tinubu, adding that he owed nobody any apology for doing so.

MEANWHILE, ahead of the Ekiti State governorship primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a leading aspirant, Kayode Olubunmi Ojo, insists that there is nothing on the ground to justify the statutory allocation of over N500 billion to the state within the last three years.
 
Ojo, who spoke to reporters shortly after he submitted his expression of interest and nomination forms to vie for the exalted seat at the party secretariat in Abuja yesterday, expressed optimism that he would upstage Governor Biodun Oyebanji at the party primaries billed to be held on October 27 this year.
 
He claimed that records show that between November 2022 and June 2025, N292.24 billion was received as federal allocation by the state, with Internally Generated Revenue at N89.6 billion, in addition to federal allocations to local councils exceeding N150 billion, not including various Federal Government interventions and loans.
 
Ojo, who is rumoured to enjoy the backing of the Presidency, maintained that the funds could have been used to transform the state, stating that instead, under the current administration, there are no “visible results” on the ground to justify the usage of the monies.
 
Faulting the notion held in certain quarters that he enjoys the support of the Presidency, he pledged to grant full autonomy to local councils in the state if voted into power.