* Fayose (left), Makinde (right)
By Stephen Adeyinka, Ado Ekiti
Sunday December 28, 2025
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Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor has dismissed claims by former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, that he received N50 billion from President Bola Tinubu as federal government’s parliative to cushion effect of the January 2024 explosion in Ibadan.
Addressing newsmen on Saturday, the Special Adviser on Media to Makinde, Dr. Sulaimon Olarenwaju, described the allegation as baseless and challenged Fayose to provide evidence to support it.
Olarenwaju said Fayose’s claim lacked credibility and no responsible individual or government would waste their time joining issues with him.
“He who makes an allegation must provide evidence. Let him produce proof of what he is claiming. It is important to note that Fayose lacks credibility. Even members of his family have publicly disowned him. What credibility does such a person have? People like that speak carelessly, and ordinarily, they should not be taken seriously. But since he has made a claim, let him substantiate it,” he said.
Recall that Fayose, while speaking on a TVC programme, ‘Politics Tonight,’ on Friday, accused Makinde of concealing an alleged N50 billion support from the presidency.
The former governor claimed that although the money was not paid directly into Oyo State’s accounts, it was linked to Makinde’s visit to Tinubu after the explosion.
“You did not tell Nigerians that you got, at the prerogative and mercy of Mr President, N50 billion in support of the explosion in Ibadan. He never said that to Nigeria.
“So, the president can say the explosion is not worth more than N10 billion.The N50 billion did not come into the coffers of Oyo State. It came as a result of your interface with the president, because you came out to say that you met with him,” he had said.
Fayose further alleged: “You only told Nigerians the part where you said the president asked you to go and organise the APC for him and that you said you could not organise. But you did not tell Nigerians what the president did for you and for the good people of your state.”
Responding, Olarenwaju denied that the presidency made any such donation to Oyo State.
“There is no substance whatsoever in that claim. Did the president say anything like that? Did the Federal Government make such a statement? If neither the President nor the Federal Government said so, who is Fayose to make that claim? There was no N50 billion donation,” the governor’s aide said.
Fayose’s comments followed Makinde’s declaration that he would not support Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. The governor had also disclosed that he rejected a request to help organise the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State.
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