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Governor Ayodele Fayose of EFCC has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes COmmission [EFCC], saying he will make himself available to the commission on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 1p.m. “to clarify issues or answer questions on issues within his knowledge.”
Governor Fayose confirmed the meeting on his Twitter handle late Tuesday night.
In the letter, Fayose stated, however, that he will not appear earlier than October 15.
His reason is that his tenure and his immunity from prosecution as a sitting governor expires same date, hence, will not abuse the privilege.
See tweet of the letter below:
Yesterday, I submitted a letter to the @officialEFCC, informing the commission of my desire to make myself available on Tuesday, October 16 at 1pm to clarify issues or answer questions on issues within my knowledge.
My tenure as governor of Ekiti ends on October 15. pic.twitter.com/es5nxTHjNF
— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) September 12, 2018
Fayose will meet EFCC 24 hours after handing over power to Governor -Elect of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi
It could be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the investigation of Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, his wife, Feyisetan, and his top aides.
Others being investigated are Lere Olayinka, spokesman to the governor; Toyin Ojo, the state’s commissioner for finance; Oluyemisi Owolabi, the state’s accountant general.
Sources in the know of the investigation said the anti-graft agency may charge the governor, his wife, and members of his cabinets with money laundering and abuse of office.
In one of the letters dated July 20, 2018, and addressed to the managing director and the chief compliance officer of Access Bank Plc showed that EFCC is also investigating the governor for abuse of office.
The EFCC listed four Access Bank accounts being run by “Ayodele Peter Fayose”, and about five accounts in the same bank, being run by “Feyisetan Helen O. Fayose”, believed to be the wife of the governor.
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Sources also revealed that similar letters were sent to other major banks in the country, where the governor and his loyalists, run personal transactions.
Some of the letters referenced “CR:3000/EFCC/ABJ/EG-TA/VOL.57/254” and “CR:3000/EFCC/ABJ/EG-TA/VOL.57/258” requested that the banks’ compliance officers should report at the EFCC economic governance section on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 — 10 days after the just concluded Ekiti elections.
Insiders revealed that the banks were asked to present the details of accounts of the governor and his loyalists, including their; statements of accounts, bank verification, and any other relevant information that may help the investigation.
THE EKITI ELECTIONS AND ITS UNDERCURRENTS
After the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the July 14 elections in Ekiti, the EFCC official Twitter handle tweeted that the anti-graft agency was coming after Fayose to explain his role in the alleged N1.3 billion fraud, as filed by the EFCC in 2005.
“The parri is over, the cloak of immunity torn apart, and the staff broken. #Ekiti Integrated Poultry Project Biological Concepts Limited N1.3bn fraud case file dusted off the shelves. See you soon,” read the tweet posted hours after Kayode Fayemi was declared winner of the governorship election.
The EFCC later disowned the tweet, saying it did not represent the views of the agency.
Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the anti-graft agency, ahd said: “In the opinion of most commentators, the tweet betrayed the partisanship of the EFCC in the political contest in Ekiti state”.
“Against the background, the commission is constrained to state that the purported tweet does not represent the views of the EFCC. As a law enforcement organisation the commission is apolitical and was not involved in the recent Ekiti election.
“While it is true that there is a subsisting criminal charge against governor Fayose, the fate of the charge will be determined by the federal high court, Ado Ekiti, at the expiration of his tenure, not the EFCC.”
