EFCC Storms Ekiti State: Fayose's Men Go into Hiding
Ayodele Fayose
Reports from The Nation newspaper reveals the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday, 22nd of June, 2016 visited Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti to effect the arrest of some indicted members of the N4.7 billion arms deal slush funds.
The efforts of the detectives proved abortive as the targeted individuals who could have gotten a wind of the imminent arrest took cover at the Oke Ayoba Government House.
“They are all holed up in the place but they can’t hide forever,” an EFCC source said last night.
Fayose threatened to name others involved in the transfer of money into his account if they cannot stand by what they did because of the threat from the EFCC. He accused Zenith Bank of succumbing to intimidation.
But, according to a source, the bank reported the “suspicious transactions” of N4.745billion by Fayose’s associate, Abiodun Agbele, to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).
An EFCC source, who pleaded not to be named, said Zenith Bank reported the N1.219billion suspicious transactions by Musiliu Obanikoro and Agbele to the NFIU.
“We have been on this case for a while. From the facts available, Zenith Bank reported the transactions to NFIU,”the source added.
“We have intelligence report that some of these people wanted in connection with the ongoing investigation have been moved to the Government House in Ado-Ekiti.”
On the reaction of Fayose to the EFCC fact-sheet, the source said: “We have nothing to react to at all because we have put the incontrovertible facts in the public domain.
“Let Fayose go and defend himself. We will not take up issues with him any longer. And having shifted his defence to Zenith Bank, it is the duty of the media to hear from the bank.”
The EFCC has traced about N4.75 billion of the diverted $2.1 billion arms cash to Fayose and former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro. Fayose accused his bankers of succumbing to what he called “EFCC intimidation” in a bid to nail him (Fayose)
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