The management of Zenith
Bank Nigeria Plc has paid a visit to the embtled Ekiti State Governor, Ayo
Fayose over the controversies surrounding the funding of his 2014 election.
In a statement released by
his Media Adviser, Lere Olayinka reveals that ‘Top management team of Zenith
Bank Plc on Thursday evening came to beg the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele
Fayose, over the involvement of the bank in the funding of the June 21, 2014
governorship election of the governor.
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.’
According to Lere, ‘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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