The
All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of
alleged complicity in the fuel supply crisis in the state. In a statement by
the state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party said it was in
possession of incontrovertible evidence that the governor was allegedly
contributing to the scarcity of fuel in the state to sabotage the President
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Accusing
Fayose and his aides of mischievously disparaging the President for not doing
enough to make fuel available to Nigerians while they were the actual culprits,
Olatunbosun said available information confirmed that daily allocations of fuel
to the state were allegedly being diverted to other states with the alleged
connivance of some National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas officials.
But
reacting, Fayose’s special assistant on New Media and Public Communication,
Lere Olayinka, said the allegation was unfounded, telling the APC to be wise.
Is
it the governor that is also responsible for fuel scarcity in other states?
They are only trying to seek relevance. They better face the task of bringing
good governance to the people. Olatunbosun said available records revealed that
10 trailers of fuel for Ekiti State on Fayose’s request were diverted mostly to
stations outside the state.
The
Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Mrs Dupe Alade, had earlier written for
same allocation but her letter to NNPC was stepped down when Fayose used his
office to request for the allocation of fuel to 10 filling stations, many of
which do not exist in Ekiti State. The governor’s letter was addressed to the
Area Manager at Mosimi and minuted to Ore and was processed by the Ore office
of NNPC.
The
trailers were loaded on Wednesday and Thursday the 20th and 21st of April but
the real fuel companies and vendors were prevented from loading until the 10
trailers demanded by the governor left the depot but were diverted to other
stations outside Ekiti State.
Olatunbosun
stated that the development reportedly elicited protests and complaints from
the real fuel marketers in Ekiti State, adding that this had resulted in acute
shortage of fuel in the state with few stations dispensing fuel selling at
prohibitive costs to the masses that Fayose claimed to be their friends. He
listed the company names in the letter of the governor to include Amsek Filling
Station opposite Omolayo along Ikere road, Ado-Ekiti, that is selling above
official price. Other stations not in existence in Ekiti State but which
appeared in the governor’s letter is Royal Oil, which the letter falsely
claimed to exist in Omuo-Ekiti. Rova Oil, also on the governor’s letter, no
longer exists in Ekiti because it has since been sold and its name changed and
it is now operating under NNPC. It is located in Ajilosun area of the state
capital and selling above NNPC official price.
Other
non-existent stations in Ekiti but which appeared in the governor’s letter and
was allocated fuel is Bisi Jay located in Ile-Oluji in Ondo State. The other
company that received Ekiti State’s allocation is Ademur located in Osun State.
This company has no station in Ekiti and it has no lifting right or permit in
Ore, while Eyeowa Fuel that got allocation does not exist in Ekiti. He alleged
that Moson Global located in Ifon, Ondo State, also received Ekiti allocation
at NNPC official price but selling above official price to the public.
He
challenged the governor to deny ever writing to the NNPC for fuel allocation. There
is need for the security agencies and the Minister for Petroleum to investigate
the governor’s activities at the NNPC offices both in Ore and Mosimi and the roles
of NUPENG officials in this wicked unleashing of pains on Ekiti people by
unpatriotic act to sabotage the Federal Government.
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