Alleged houses belonging to Fayose seized by EFCC (source: Nigerian Tribune)
Houses and a radio station purportedly belonging to ex-Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose have been seized by EFCC.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
on Thursday stormed Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital and seized some
choice properties allegedly owned by former Governor Ayo Fayose, The
Nation has reported.
Some of the properties allegedly owned by Fayose and sealed by EFCC
operatives include a hotel and event centre at Fajuyi area, two houses
located at government Reservation Area (GRA) and a radio station
People’s 104.1 FM and a two-storey building in Okesa area of the town.
The EFCC officials decked in their red jackets were seen at about
10.35 am placing a sealing order on the properties at Okesa/Fajuyi area.
The official seal pasted on the said properties read: “Order from EFCC: This structure is under investigation, keep off”.
It will be recalled that two houses allegedly belonging to Fayose
were sealed about one month ago by the state Ministry of Urban and
Physical Planning for not having approved plan.
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Society also staged a public
protest against Fayose at the weekend accusing him of illegally
acquiring a parcel of land belonging to the group to build a filling
station for his son.
Fayose is presently standing trial before a Federal High Court in
Lagos where he is facing a charge of money laundering on the alleged
receipt of about N2 billion from the Office of the National Security
Adviser (ONSA).
The cash was allegedly received from the former NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) to finance Fayose’s 2014 governorship campaign.
But Fayose has accused the EFCC of sealing houses belonging to
innocent people in the State, under the guise that the houses were
linked to him.
Fayose in a statement by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, claimed
that he is not the owners of the properties seized by the EFCC accusing
the agency of “blackmail and media trial.”
The statement read: “Just been informed that operatives of the
EFCC in collaboration with the APC government in Ekiti are going about
sealing houses of innocent people in the state, under the guise that the
houses are linked to me.
“This is another wild goose chase and the usual media campaign against my person.
“It is only in our country that an anti-corruption agency will
first go about sealing houses before determining the ownership, which
can be done so easily by visiting relevant agencies.
“I am therefore informing the public ahead of their usual blackmail and media trial.
“None of the properties in question is owned by me and the records are there for anyone that is interested to see.
“The EFCC is advised to stop going about looking for ways to
malign my person just because of their hatred as a result of my
uncompromising stands on national issues.
“Even if the commission is being pressured from ‘above’ to
persecute Fayose at all cost, it should at least, do its job diligently
to save itself from persistent embarrassment.”
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