Governor
Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has clarified his stance on the fate of the
immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose.
Mr Fayemi spoke with State House correspondents
after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Fielding questions whether he would probe his
predecessor, Mr Fayemi explained that there was never a time he said he would
probe Mr Fayose.
According to him, reports of such probe are on
the table of anti-graft agencies.
“Well, I am sure I have (n)ever said anything
about a probe and I do not say anything about probe.
“Looking into books is the duty of any new
governor, you need to know what you found in place, I just talked about
visitation panel into the education sector in the state.
“There are other sectors in the state, and it
will be remiss of me not to check what we found when we came into office and share
that with the citizens of the state.
“It is just accountability, not probe. I am not
EFCC, I am not ICPC, there are institutions that are charged with the
responsibility to do that and its entirely up to them if they want to probe the
governor or not.
“It is not my business, I leave Fayose to God,
I have said that before.’’
Mr Fayose is presently being prosecuted by the
EFCC over an 11-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering.
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