A Court
of Appeal in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has given the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, the go-ahead to freeze the bank account of Ayo Fayose,
governor of the state.
Justice J.S. Ikeyegha, who read the ruling of
the three-man panel, directed the freezing of Mr Fayose’s Zenith Bank account.
It will be recalled that Justice Taiwo Taiwo of
a Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti ,had in December 2016 ordered the EFCC to
defreeze the bank accounts frozen as a result of investigations into the money
in the account, which were believed to be proceeds of illegal activities.
The EFCC, dissatisfied with the ruling had
approached the appellate court to set aside the ruling of the lower court. The
agency had argued that the order contradicted that of Justice M.B. Idris of a
Federal High Court in Lagos, which gave the commission the legal backing to
freeze the accounts until investigations were concluded.
The appellate court has now ruled in the favour
of the EFCC.
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