The Ekiti state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to return the N1.5 billion allegedly donated by the former state governor, Kayode Fayemi, to his campaign.

According to a statement signed by the state publicity secretary, Jackson Adebayo, Fayemi, who is now the Minister of Solid Minerals, had donated N1.5 billion of the state money to the President.

The party said, “equity and justice demand that Buhari should return what he got from Ekiti State treasury through Fayemi, if he is running after those who allegedly got money from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).”

The PDP alleged that Fayemi had transferred the said money to the bank account of the APC Presidential Campaign Fund through a bank located along Liberation Square, Accra, Ghana, “in other to place him in a vantage position for ministerial appointment should Buhari win the February 14 Presidential election.”

“N1.5 billion is a lot of money and Ekiti State government will only need to add some millions to be able to pay one month salary if Buhari returns the money.

“The APC government of Fayemi left office with August and September 2014 salaries of workers unpaid but the same Fayemi could donate N1.5bn to Buhari’s campaign just because he wanted to be minister. Where then is the morality in Buhari’s anti-corruption posture when he was funded with stolen fund? The President must therefore return the N1.5 billion stolen from Ekiti State that was used to fund his election.”

The PDP noted that it was support of the anti-corruption war but “President Buhari must first remove the logs in his eyes before his attempt to remove the toothpick in other people’s eyes can be taken seriously and the first step he must take is to return the N1.5 billion he got from Fayemi to fund his election.”

Mazi Emeka