The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has
accused the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of
diversion of petroleum products meant for the
state, thereby contributing to the lingering fuel
scarcity being experienced in the state. According
to Vanguard, the Publicity Secretary of APC in Ekiti
state, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement
released yesterday April 24th, that Fayose and his
aides in connivance with some NUPENG officials,
were allegedly diverting the daily petroleum supply
meant for the state to other states.
“Records have 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 said According to
Olatunbosun, this action by Fayose has led to
shortage of petroleum products in the state.
He said the diverted fuel were taken to fictitious
companies Fashola listed in his letter to NNPC.
Among the companies include “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,” the
statement read. 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,”.http://afrobadoomedia.com/2016/04/25/apcgov-fayose-is-the-cause-of-fuel-scarcity-in-ekiti-state/