Politics
EFCC moves Fayose to Lagos, Charges him with N1.3bn Fraud
Ahead of his trial which may begin at a Federal High Court may begin on Monday, Ayodele Fayose is likely to be relocated from Abuja to Lagos today.
TheNation reports that the ex-Governor of Ekiti State has been served charges and trial notice. EFCC has filed corruption charges against him and his hotel, Spotless Investment Limited.
Fayose is accused of receiving about N1.3bn when he “ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), the then National Security Adviser.
The former governor was accused of sending his aide, Abiodun Agbele, to receive about N1.3bn from a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, sometime in June 2014.
The money was said to have emanated from Dasuki’s office. The EFCC said officials of Zenith Bank arrived at the Akure Airport tarmac in a bullion van to convey all the cash to the bank’s vault located at 13, Alagbaka Estate, Akure.
Attached as evidence are bank tellers Agbele allegedly gave as bank instructions at different times to pay in money into Fayose’s Zenith Bank account even after the elections.
According to the commission, Agbele directed the bank to pay N137m into the account of Fayose with number 1003126654 and Bank Verification Number 22338867502.
The bank teller dated June 26, 2014, was filled by Agbele with teller number 0556814. Agbele also allegedly directed the bank to transfer N118,760,000 to the same account and paid in N50m cash into Fayose’s account.
The commission said on April 7, 2015, Fayose personally moved N300m to his fixed deposit account at Zenith Bank with number 9013074033.
According to EFCC, on the instruction of Fayose, Agbele deposited N100m to the account of Spotless Investment Limited, a hotel which is owned by Fayose and his wife, Olayemi.
Fayose allegedly used part of the money to buy houses in Abuja and Lagos. The houses have since been seized while his bank accounts with a balance of N380m have been frozen.
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Obi, writing through his counsel, Chief Alex Ejesieme, SAN of the MADIBA Chambers, said that the allegation which was widely published in social and mainstream media and read by many within and outside the country maligned his hard-earned reputation as a man who indulges in violence when all his antecedents are vivid that he abhors violence even in the face of extreme provocation.
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