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REVEALED: Real Reason Zenith Bank Branch Manager Bunmi ‘Bumshaka’ Falana knelt Down To Beg Fayose

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Bunmi Bumshaka Falana

Less than 72hours after the famous Governor Fayose/Zenith Bank ‘kneeling down’ apology drama pictures surfaced online, a new twist has now been added to what many already termed ‘pure acting’ in Ekiti Government House.

Recall that embattled governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, had disclosed on Thursday that Zenith Bank sent a management team to beg him for forgiveness after it reportedly denied report that it funded his governorship election.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday alleged that Governor Fayose collected N4.745billion from the office of the NSA which was used to finance his 2014 gubernatorial election; an allegation that Fayose vehemently denied claiming that Zenith Bank funded the largest part of his campaign.

In a statement by Lere Olayinka, his intemperate Special Assistant on Communication and New Media, the governor had insisted that the bank’s top management met with him and begged him to allow the matter to rest.

The statement was accompanied photographs showing the governor and some officials, he claimed were from the bank.

But as the drama between Fayose and Zenith Bank keeps unfolding, a Lagos based banker, Demola Obanise who claims to know details of what actually transpired, took to his Facebook page to discredit the claims by Fayose.

Below is a full text of what Demola Obanise posted on his wall:

In Text, he wrote:

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ZENITH BANK BEGS FAYOSE, END OF DISCUSSION ?

For those who don’t know or have forgotten the trajectory of the man called Fayose and his capacity for legendary deceitfulness and desperation, permit me to refresh your memory about foundation of the latest comical drama of “Zenith Bank” Apology from the stable of this side – splitting con man called Mr. Fayose.

Kneeling down in one the pictures below is Bunmi Falana, a.k.a Bumshaka, who Fayose got Zenith Bank job sometimes in 2003. He was brought in to handle all his banking transactions till 2006 when Mr. Fayose was shamefully chased out of Ekiti State Government House following his impeachment. After this regrettable rein of Mr. Fayose in 2006, Bunmi Falana was transferred by Zenith Bank to Ogun State until 2014 when he was expectedly transferred back to Ekiti at the commencement of the June 21, 2014 Governorship Election Campaigns in the State as requested by Mr. Fayose. This transfer request and the promotion of Bunmi as the Branch Manager are part of the conditions Mr. Fayose gave Zenith Bank to lodge the billions of Naira coming from NSA Office to prosecute Ekiti Governorship Election.

Now are you still wondering why Zenith Bank was chosen ahead of any others Banks available in Ekiti for the current suspicious financial activities being investigated by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ? Wonder no more !

Or is it not suspicious that it was only Mr. Fayose’s boy, Bunmi Falana(The Bank woker and Mr. Fayose’s boy) who’s kneeling down here and not any of the Bank Executives who are decisions makers of the Bank and should be the ones begging on behalf of the Bank ? Take a good look at the bewilderment look on the face of the man leaning on the pillar beside the one kneeling down, supposedly begging for only God knows why. Anikulapo Kuti of blessed memory would say “Pàdípàdí, arrangee noòni”

This is what happened as relayed by an insider, Fayose only called his boy Bunmi Falana(his right hand man in the Bank) to bring his Bank Executives to a meeting with him and as soon as the proposed meeting begins, Bunmi should start begging him with the expectation that his bosses would follow suit while the pre-informed media crew of the State House would take their pictures. But unfortunately for Mr. Fayose, the Zenith Bank Executive couldn’t prostrate to beg a Cow just to be able to have the Cow’s skin for meat. Hence, he granted a lone and unsolicited interview thereafter without the Banks’ Officials who refused to be cowed like he did to TKO in Lagos episode of media trickery .

Let’s engage in related reminiscences of similar treacherous-media-cover-up styles of Mr. Fayose as the discussion continues ;

Remember how Mr. Fayose invited some Ekiti kings and former Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly; Rt. Hon. Femi Bamisile to Pathfinder Hotel in Ado Ekiti and unleashed the Press men on them. Only to grant Press release that Rt.Hon. Femi Bamisile who is a member of APC and a Governorship aspirant hopeful came to beg him and seek apology for any wrong doing or allegations against Mr. Fayose. Remember ?

Remember the much celebrated apology regrettably made by Dr. Tosin Aluko to Mr. Fayose at a Lagos Hotel ? Dr. Tosin Aluko(TKO) is the erstwhile accomplice of Mr. Fayose until the center couldn’t hold no more and TKO came out to give criminal accounts of how the June 21, 2014 Election was rigged in favour of Mr. Fayose via Federal Government might. The media trickery was desperately deployed by Fayose in his frantic bid to invalidate TKO’s earlier facts about Ekiti rigged Governorship Election as revealed to EFCC by TKO .

Let’s agree without conceding to Mr. Fayose that Zenith Bank has tendered an unreserved apology about their( Zenith Bank and Fayose) involvement in the N4.7billion fund from National Security Adviser’s Office and the treasonable act of taking over Ekiti through the Electoral coup of June 21, 2014, do all these latest apology and the ensuing media paparazzi suggest the end of EFCC enquiries or its imminent prosecution ?

Mr. Governor, Leopards may be known for not changing their spots, but there are hunters who are skilful at changing the Leopards’ skins for the Drummer’s delightful use ! Oga Fayose, stop running to media each time you are weighed down by your loads of incessant criminal proclivities, approach the Court sir.

Moreover, this media trickery is becoming predictably weak in the face of incontrovertible facts of your duplicitous lifestyles. Try another ploy sir. Ìwo làná, ìwo lèní bi ekún apokoje(Serious I don’t know how to translate this one for my non Yoruba speaking people. Forgive me pls)

Note :The Cars pictures are included in my frenzied bid to describe the man called Fayose and his “maradonic” tendencies.

Never EOD ( End of discussion ) but discussion continues!

Demola Obanise

 

 

Credit: The Elites/Demola Obanise

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Retailers Begin Loading From Port Harcourt Refinery This Week — PETROAN

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Unless there is a last-minute change in plans, marketers and retailers of petroleum products are set to begin lifting Premium Motor Spirit (“petrol”) from the Port Harcourt Refining Company this week.

The Publicity Secretary of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria, Joseph Obele, revealed this in an exclusive interview with (The Punch).

According to Obele, since the refinery resumed operations in November, it has been supplying fuel only to retail outlets owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (“NNPCL”).

While marketers still load fuel from the NNPCL, Obele clarified that the products marketers are currently purchasing from the state-owned oil company are imported.

He expressed concerns that the NNPCL is selling “PMS” to retailers in Port Harcourt at higher prices than those in Lagos State, urging that the refinery should sell at N899 per litre instead of N970.

“NNPC is still telling us to buy at a rate different from the rate they are selling to Lagos at the moment because of logistics. So, Port Harcourt retail outlet owners are not really comfortable with that. Hence, the Port Harcourt refinery will start servicing us this week.

“We are also requesting that the same rate NNPC is selling to our members at Lagos should be the rate they will be selling to us over here in Port Harcourt too. We are not really comfortable with that disparity,” he disclosed.

When asked if marketers in Port Harcourt and surrounding areas have started buying directly from the NNPC refinery, he replied, “No, but it will commence this week. The trucks loading out are for the NNPC retail outlets only.”

In his request to the NNPC, Obele stated, “We in Port Harcourt, we plead with the NNPC to sell to us at the same rate they are selling fuel to Lagos marketers. The difference is too much. It is N899 per litre in Lagos but N970 in Port Harcourt. It is far higher than that of Lagos.

“The way they explain it, it is like their own vessel will be bringing it and shipping it over to Port Harcourt depot for us to buy. So, we are now saying that since you will be selling directly to us from the refinery, you now have the stock available. Sell to us at the same rate you are selling to Lagos marketers.

“So, that’s where we are right now. Our request is that the NNPC should sell to us from the Port Harcourt refinery at the same rate they are selling the product to those in Lagos.”

When asked if he meant the NNPC was still importing fuel to Lagos, the PETROAN spokesman responded affirmatively, saying “The stocks in Lagos are imported stocks.”

After several delays, the NNPC announced in November that the old 60,000 barrels per day Port Harcourt refinery had resumed operations.

The NNPC also promised that rehabilitation works at the new Port Harcourt refinery, with a 150,000 barrels per day capacity, would be completed soon.

NNPC spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, confirmed that the refinery currently produces naptha, which it blends to produce petrol.

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Murder Suspect Ayomide Adeleye Charged, Remanded, Police Insist [PHOTO]

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The Lagos State Police Command has clarified that Ayomide Adeleye, who confessed to killing Christianah Idowu, his friend and neighbour, has been charged with “murder” and remains in custody for the offence.

This clarification was issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in response to reports suggesting that Adeleye was not being held in any Lagos correctional facility.

In his statement, Hundeyin said, “We can confirm that Ayomide Adeleye was charged with murder and was remanded for the same offence.”

“It is also a fact that another person bearing the same name was remanded for a different offence and released in April 2024, long before the Ayomide we are talking about committed his offence.”

“An outfit that prides itself on investigation should live up to its name. Relying on ‘sources’ rather than the spokesperson of the Correctional Service would land you in this kind of misinformation.”

Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, confessed in September to killing Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

On November 5, Adeleye appeared before Magistrate Seyi Omodara at the Ogba Magistrate Court.

The magistrate issued a remand warrant, allowing the police to detain him at the Ikoyi Correctional Center pending advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

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Warri Refinery: Oil Marketers Eye Loading Of Petrol February

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Oil marketers have started loading Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) and Kerosene from the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company.

Dealers confirmed this on Friday, while also requesting Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from the recently rehabilitated plant.

WRPC, under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, resumed operations on December 30, 2024, after the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, announced its return to service during a tour of the facility.

Speaking with one of our correspondents at the refinery on Friday, the Chairman of the Delta State chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Harry Okenini, said that while the plant was operational, it was not yet functioning at full capacity.

He, however, pointed out that marketers had begun loading diesel and kerosene from the refinery.

“Right now, there is no production of petrol. So, we are not loading PMS. We hope to load PMS soon. We can confirm to you that the plant is working although not at 100 per cent. And IPMAN, Warri Depot Unit, is waiting for the production of PMS so that we can load.

“For now, only the Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, and Dual Purpose Kerosene are being produced and loaded out for consumption.

“Hopefully, by February, we are expecting cooking gas, PMS, and other products to come out. As of now, the retail unit is only loading AGO and DPK,” he added.

Also speaking with our correspondents at the refinery, the National Chairman of the Surface Tank and Kerosene Peddlers, a branch of NUPENG, Israel Omokere, confirmed that the refinery was operational.

He said, “Hopefully, the PMS will come on board. We are loading kerosene and AGO for now.”

On his part, the Delta State Chairman of Surface Tank and Kerosene Peddlers branch of NUPENG, Kingsley Erituoyo, said, “For so many years the refinery was down, today the refinery is up.”

Findings at the Warri refinery by our correspondents showed limited truck movements in and out of the complex.

According to The Punch, the activities at WRPC were minimal compared to the refinery’s peak years when it operated at full capacity.

Industry sources revealed that more steps were needed by the Federal Government and NNPCL for the refinery to begin full production of PMS.

During the visit to the WRPC complex, it was also observed that the main entrance appeared almost deserted, with security operatives stopping journalists from taking photographs on the premises.

Sources inside the refinery shared that only one of the three units at the refinery was operational and producing diesel, gas, and kerosene.

“For now, only one unit is working at the refinery. You know there are three units, but only one is in operation, producing diesel, gas, and kerosene.

“The unit can’t give fuel for now. If the second unit starts working, it can produce PMS. It is the last unit to operate because it’s very big and complicated.

“If all units are working, we can load over 100 trucks daily, now it loaded about 50 trucks,” a source said.

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