'A management team from Zenith Bank Plc visited Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, over the involvement of the bank in the funding of the June 21, 2014 governorship election of the governor. Their visit to the governor followed a reported denial by the bank that it was not part of the funding of the election.
The team was led by an Executive Director, Sola Oladipo. It
also had two zonal directors of the bank and the Ado-Ekiti branch
manager. When accosted by newsmen, the ED said they only came to see the
governor. Asked whether the bank really dissociated itself from the
claim by the governor that it was part of the funding of the election,
Shola could only mutter some inaudible words. He eventually said the
spokesman for the bank was not on the team and could not say anything.
While commenting on the development, Governor Fayose said
the bank officials came to beg him over the issue. "They were begging me
and that the matter should not go beyond this level. I asked them why
did they go to the EFCC to tell lies. Why did they have to lie that
money came from the Office of the National Security Adviser? If the
money is for me why did they have to link with me what is not."
Read the press statement below...Our attention has been drawn to online media reports sourced from a Press Statement credited to the Ekiti State Governor, His Excellency, Mr. Ayodele Fayose.
We would like to state for the record that Sahara Energy has never pledged funds/support nor made any donation to any political organisation/group. Neither has Sahara – under any guise - given funds to promote political causes of individual(s) or group(s).We are particularly disturbed by a portion of the statement that made a misleading and incorrect link between Sahara Energy and election donations: “Most importantly, Nigerians are interested in the $60 million allegedly donated to the APC campaign by Sahara Energy, on which EFCC has been forced to suspend investigation.”
In fact, Sahara is guided by a robust and well-documented donations policy that clearly states that:
“THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE POLITICAL DONATIONS; NEITHER DOES IT
SPONSOR POLITICAL EVENTS ON BEHALF OF ANY POLITICAL ASSOCIATION.”
We are, for the benefit of our stakeholders and partners across the globe, duty-bound to set the record straight in the light
of recent comments in the public space that falsely link Sahara with political donations.
We urge members of the public to disregard this false allegation.
We remain committed to the principles of good governance, best practice and service excellence that have successfully driven
the Sahara Brand these past 20 years.
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http://www.sahara-group.com/
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