Ekiti dismisses APC aspirant’s claim of N80m fire station donation

By Boye Oyeyemi –

The Ekiti State Government has dismissed claims by an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Engr. Kayode Ojo, that he donated a fire service station worth N80 million to the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport.

In a statement, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, described the claim—made earlier in the week by Ojo’s campaign organisation in Ado-Ekiti—as false, misleading, and aimed at self-glorification.

Oyebode urged journalists to carefully scrutinize claims made by political aspirants and distinguish fact from fiction before publication or broadcast.

He stressed that the state government keeps detailed records of all spending on the airport project, and there is no record of any donation from Ojo.

“I can say categorically here that the claim by Engr. Ojo on that fire station is incorrect, false, and misleading. Available records in the Governor’s Office and the Office of the Technical Adviser on the Airport Project show that the claim is false,” Oyebode stated.

He further revealed that the only individual known to have personally contributed to the airport project is the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN).

According to him, the fire station was completed in July last year and fully funded by the government.

The Governor’s aide challenged Ojo and other governorship aspirants to provide tangible evidence of contributions to Ekiti’s development and urged them to make verifiable, issue-based claims.