The Ekiti State Government has warned the former State Secretary to the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Tope Aluko, that his reconciliation with the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, will not stop it from prosecuting him.
Recall that Aluko in a media interview a few weeks ago had revealed how the PDP allegedly rigged the June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State in favour of Fayose.
The former Ekiti state PDP Secretary also claimed that the former President, Goodluck Jonathan gave Fayose N4.7 billion in cash to prosecute the election.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for the state, Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, at a news conference in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday said: “the perceived reconciliation” would not stop the case already filed against Aluko.
He continued: “The apology of Aluko to Governor Fayose was personal. We can’t, because of this interventionist apology, collapse all our cases; government is not run that way.
“We can’t abandon our responsibilities as a state just because someone apologised to our governor on a case that was already pending in court. They are not fresh cases and we will pursue it to a logical conclusion,”
Commenting on the reconciliation between Dr. Aluko and the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Air Force, Duro Faseyi, in a statement, described the development as “an insult, disrespect and a ruse to Ekiti State and its people.”
He added that: “The latest development is nothing but a charade and comedy of the highest order, which must not be taken seriously at all. It was shocking to hear the purported meeting between Governor Fayose and Dr. Aluko, despite all the damage that had been done so far by the latter over the 2014 governorship election.
“Ekiti people are wise and they cannot be deceived by the antics of Dr. Aluko who had come out at different forums to discredit the wishes of the generality of Ekiti electorate over the poll.”