Fayemi’s aide accuses Ekiti Obas of collecting N150,000 bribe

Below is a press release from Governor Ayo Fayose's aides
Ogun State born Maxwell Olusegun Adegbenro, Special
Assistant on Social Media to the immediate past
governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has accused
traditional rulers in Ekiti State, who attended forum
organised by Concerned Yoruba Elderst in Ile-Ife on
Friday, of collecting N150, 000 bribe each to attend the
event.
Maxwell Adegbenro made this allegations on his
Facebook page at about 11:30 am on Saturday.He
berated the Obas, including the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba
Rufus Adejugbe of travelling to Ile-Ife to meet with
President Goodluck Jonathan, saying; "The Ekiti Obas
can receive the President in their home state and not
OAU at a function organised by a group in close
association with PDP."
Adegbenro, who is Dr Fayemi’s spokesperson on social
media must have echoed the position of the former
governor on the traditional rulers' visit to Ile-Ife on
Friday to attend the event.
He said; "And our own traditional rulers in their
borrowed robe suddenly filled Gov Fayose escort to
endorse Jonathan and not to receive him.
"Was Jonathan coming to Ekiti? How may Ondo State
Traditional rulers graced the programme?
"How many Osun State Obas, Ogun and Oyo suddenly
became President Jonthan convoy team to a meeting
supposedly organised to rally support for him?
"You and I know why these Obas were there. They may
have been lucksturally deceived by Fayose in presenting
entire Ekiti before President Jonathan as peoples
choice and candidate.
"Traditional rulers are separable of despotic politics. An
interplay that has no moral, cultural ground is justifiably
an ills to our values and norms. Egbon, that is my point.
Where then is their integrity. So, again I heard they
were paid 150k each."
Reacting, Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on
Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka
described the comment as an insult on the entire
people of Ekiti.
Olayinka, who demanded an immediate retraction of the
statement and apology by the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in the state, said Governor Fayose will not stand
and watch anyone dragging the traditional institution in
Ekiti State in the mud

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