The crisis within the Kayode Ojo Campaign Organisation escalated on Wednesday, as former Director-General, Hon. Lanre Fayemi, launched a blistering attack on the politician, describing him as irresponsible and deceitful.
Fayemi, reacting to allegations of financial misconduct within the camp, firmly denied any wrongdoing, insisting that the claims were orchestrated to tarnish his image and divert attention from deeper issues surrounding Kayode Ojo’s political ambition.
“I stand by my integrity,” Fayemi said, maintaining that during his stewardship of the campaign in both 2022 and 2025, all funds were managed through proper and verifiable channels under the supervision of the campaign’s Financial Secretary, Mrs. Bose Yakubu.
But beyond the denial, Fayemi opened up on what he described as a pattern of deception that defined the campaign’s inner workings.
According to him, Kayode Ojo consistently misled supporters with exaggerated claims of backing from influential political figures in Abuja, claims he said later proved to be false.
“Names were being dropped to create false confidence,” Fayemi stated, adding that feedback from contacts within the party’s National Working Committee suggested that Ojo was never regarded as a serious contender.
He revealed that his confidence in the campaign began to crumble in 2025 after discovering inconsistencies not only in the claims of political support but also in issues surrounding Ojo’s eligibility to contest.
Fayemi pointed to emerging documents and internal concerns at the time which, according to him, raised red flags and contributed to developments that eventually led to questions around Ojo’s qualification for the primary.
Central to his concern was a controversial “temporary resignation” letter written by Ojo in his capacity as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Fayemi questioned the legitimacy of such a move, arguing that a “temporary resignation” in the context of seeking elective office was both ethically questionable and potentially at odds with established requirements, issues he said played into the complications surrounding Ojo’s participation in the primaries.
“These were fundamental concerns that could not be ignored,” he noted.
He maintained that his decision to withdraw from the campaign in November 2025 was based on these accumulated doubts, and not, as being alleged, any financial misconduct.
For Fayemi and Olukayode Oluyemo, popularly known as “Parabola,” their exit marked a deliberate break from what they now describe as a structure built on misleading narratives.
Meanwhile, the crisis has triggered a sweeping overhaul within the campaign organisation, with the dissolution of the consultative committee and the emergence of a new leadership led by Hon. Adebayo Morakinyo, under the supervision of the EKO Movement Elders Advisory Committee.
As the situation continues to unfold, the controversy now extends beyond allegations of financial impropriety to deeper questions about credibility, transparency, and the circumstances surrounding Kayode Ojo’s political ambition.
