• Fayose extends payment deadline till October 31
Reprieve has come the way of the embattled landlords in Irewolede Housing Estate in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, who are yet to complete payment of their mortgages.
Some traditional rulers led by the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe, and other prominent indigenes of the state have prevailed on Governor Ayo Fayose to halt their eviction from the estate.
Government task force team moved into the estate on Thursday to eject the ‘defaulting’ landlords, while some structures were also pulled down by bulldozers.
But the opposition claimed that the action was targeted against many of its members who served in the Oni and Fayemi administrations.
Following the intervention of the eminent persons, Fayose has fixed October 31 as the deadline for those yet to complete their payment to do so.
In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose said he granted the extension because of the eminent persons intervention.
According to the statement, the royal fathers and other Ekiti leading lights pleaded with the governor to give the landlords more time to pay up.
The statement added: “The governor, however, showed compassion but warned against defaulting, stating that government will resume action against the defaulters by December 1.
“Since the government action began, N13 million has been paid by some of the defaulters”.
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