Jennifer Y Omiloli
Ongoing crisis shaking the opposition People’s Democratic Party deepened on Thursday as the party leadership accused ex-governor Ayodele Fayose of selling the party secretariat by proxy to himself.
The group, which threatened to sue Fayose, said without the knowledge of the State Working Committee (SWC), the secretariat, which was a collective property of PDP leaders, was allegedly sold by the ex-governor to one of his cronies.
The party chairman, Barr. Gboyega Oguntuase disclosed this on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital while addressing journalists on the recent development in the party.
Fayose held a reconciliation meeting at his Afao-Ekiti country home with party members and leaders from ward to state level, alleging that he sold the secretariat with the active involvement of the State Working Committee.
Debunking the allegations, Oguntuase, who described the allegations as a cheap blackmail without substance material, said the SWC had never agreed to sell the secretariat, noting that the ex-governor had fabricated their signatures.
