Aluko says settlement with Fayose was manipulated

Dr. Temitope Aluko, former secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, on Tuesday repudiated settling with the state governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose.

According to Aluko, was shown in a video with Fayose on Monday purportedly to have settled their differences, said the purported reconciliation was staged managed and an organised propaganda to stain his image and malign his integrity.

Aluko stated this in Lagos on Tuesday, while addressing newsmen, adding that the purported reconciliation with Fayose was a script aimed at misinforming Nigerians.

According to the former PDP scribe, “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.

“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. It is worthy of note that it was at this point that my wife badged into the meeting to inform me that she noticed the presence of pressmen downstairs and said ‘there is a problem’ but it was Fayose that interrupted her and said ‘madam, there is no problem.

“At that point, I became enraged and decided to leave the place but I notice Governor Fayose rushing after me downstairs in a Gestapo manner. My wife was already fidgeting and almost crying and suddenly I could not find her around me. I immediately realised that I need to oblige to his (Governor Fayose) instruction of facing the press because of the safety of my family.”

Aluko, who has been under fire over his purported reconciliation with Fayose, who he had accused of several things, including being rigged into office, however appealed to Nigerians to disregard the peace treaty saying it was a tactical error on his part.

It would be recalled that Aluko, who testified before the election petition tribunal in favour öf Governor Fayose that the election that Fayose to office was free and fair, went on live television to say the contrary, adding that former President Goodluck Jonathan gave about $37 million to ensure Fayose defeated the then incumbent Kayode Fayemi.

The latest about face of Aluko may not be unconnected with the barrage of criticism that has trailed the emergence of the reconciliation video and the feeling that the All Progressives Congress APC, may be willing to pursue the perjury case that is already up against him.