He said he was not involved in the decision to withdraw the money from the Excess Crude Account. Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed his displeasure with the approval of the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account by the Federal Government to intensify the war against terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the northeast.The governor took to his Twitter account (@GovAyoFayose) on Friday, December 15, 2017, to disavow any involvement in the decision.The governor said the approval was pointless because the Federal Government has always claimed that Boko Haram has been defeated.He further accused the Federal Government of trying to use the money to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 reelection campaign.He tweeted, “For posterity sake, I wish to place it on record that I was not among the governors, who approved the withdrawal of $1bn, almost half of our savings in the Excess Crude Account, which belongs to the three tiers of govt to fight an already defeated Boko Haram.
