FayoseThe controversial governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, insisted on Thursday that his election in 2014 was funded by Zenith Bank, adding that officials of the bank even came to beg him after he made the shocking claims.
Mr. Fayose declared on Wednesday that his election was funded by the bank after his personal bank account was frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a few days earlier. But Zenith Bank reportedly denied the story hours after he spoke, according to reports.
However, on Thursday Mr. Fayose was quoted by his spokesman as saying: “I stand with my claim that Zenith Bank Plc majorly funded my election in June 2014.
“I don’t expect an organisation like Zenith Bank to stay in a corner in matter of national concern like this and be talking.
“Rather, I expect the Zenith Bank to issue an official statement not as feeble as this one being peddled in the media so that I can begin the second stage of my revelations”.
In another statement Mr. Fayose’s office claimed that top management team of Zenith Bank Plc on Thursday evening came to beg him over the involvement of the bank
in the funding of the June 21, 2014 governorship election.
“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,” the governor’s office said.