Election funding: Zenith Bank begs Fayose
(Nigeria) Top management team of Zenith Bank Plc on Thursday
evening visited Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, to beg him over the
involvement of the bank in the funding of the June 21, 2014 governorship
election of the governor.
Their visit to the governor followed a reported denial by
the bank that it was not part of the funding of the election.
The team was led by an Executive Director, Sola Oladipo.
It also had two zonal directors of the bank and the
Ado-Ekiti branch manager.
When accosted by newsmen, the ED said they only came to see
the governor.
Asked whether the bank really dissociated itself from the
claim by the governor that it was part of the funding of the election, Shola
could only mutter some inaudible words.
He eventually said the spokesman for the bank was not on the
team and could not say anything.
While commenting on the development, Governor Fayose said
the bank officials came to beg him over the issue.
"They were begging me and that the matter should not go
beyond this level. I asked them why did they go to the EFCC to tell lies. Why
did they have to lie that money came from the Office of the National Security
Adviser? If the money is for me why did they have to link with me what is
not," he said.
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