EMBATTLED former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr Temitope Aluko, has denied ever reconciling with the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, describing the parley between him and the latter on Sunday and the press interview that followed as “an organised propaganda/drama to stain my image and malign my personal integrity.”
Aluko said this while speaking with newsmen at a press conference in Lagos.
The PDP chieftain maintained that even though he was under duress, there was nowhere in the arranged interview with the media where he refuted any of the allegations he had made against the state governor concerning how the last governorship election was held.
“One fact remains clear, there is nowhere that I, Temitope Aluko, refuted anything I have earlier said before Nigerians and the whole world about the manipulations that characterised the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State,” he said.
Aluko, while recalling how the meeting between him and the governor came about at Eko Hotel, on Sunday, said it was based on a call he received from two senior members of the PDP, asking him to come and meet with them at the Eko Hotel for a “peace parley,” adding that he went in company of his wife.
Aluko, who said he had since discovered that accepting the invitation was a tactical error on his part, pointed out that no reference was made to the 2014 governorship poll and the aftermath, including “my revelation to the public about the way the election was rigged in favour of Fayose.”
“I was shocked to see Governor Fayose walked into the meeting at this point. I won’t want to bore you with the drama and face-off that ensued between me and Governor Fayose inside the meeting.
Meanwhile, Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has described the embattled former Secretary of the PDP, Mr Temitope Aluko, as “good riddance to bad rubbish” saying the state government will no longer dignify him with a response.
Tribune