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,” he added.
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,” he stated. 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 explained. 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,” he added.
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