Following the bashing of Ekiti State Governor ,Ayodele Fayose by Olukayode Salako
, the husband of popular Nollywood actress Foluke Daramola and others
for his insensitivity towards the death of veteran actress, Moji Olaiya
and his inability to fund the repatration of her corpse back to Nigeria.
The Special Assistant to the governor has released a statement to that
effect.
Special Assistant to Governor Ayodele Fayose on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka issued a statement on Monday which claims
that Ekiti State refused to assist with the flying of Olaiya’s corpse
to Nigeria for burial was totally false.
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While maintaining that there was no official communication between the
governor and Moji Olaiya’s family on the issue of assistance, Olayinka
disclosed that: “On Thursday, last week, I was contacted by phone by a
journalist friend, Yomi Fabiyi on the need for the Ekiti State
Government to assist in raising a sum of $15,000 needed to bring Moji
Olaiya’s corpse to Nigeria.
“My immediate response was that an official request, via a letter,
should be made and that the letter will be presented to the governor. I
gave him my email address to which I said the letter should be sent.
On Friday, I informed the Chief of Staff to the governor, Chief Dipo
Anisulowo of my telephone conversation with Yomi Fabiyi, and my response
that official letter should be written to the governor.
“Up till today, the letter has not been sent and as such, no official request has been made to the State Government.
“When my attention was drawn to online publications that Governor
Fayose had elected to fund the flying of the deceased corpse to Nigeria,
I called the journalist who did the report and told him pointedly that
no such decision was taken by the governor.
“It was on the strength of this that Mr Yomi Fabiyi issued a press
statement on behalf of the Burial Committee, stating that no request had
been made to the government of Ekiti State and the official letter
requested was yet to be sent.
“It, therefore, beats our imagination that certain character like
Olukayode Salako could take to the online media to make derogatory
comments on the governor, purportedly on behalf of the family.
“While we condole with the Olaiya family of Ijesha Isu Ekiti, Moji
Olaiya’s friends, fans and colleagues in the movie industry, we wish to
advise that the family should saddle only responsible people with the
task of according their daughter a befitting burial.”
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