The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has set up a special team to
interrogate Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State next week.
Fayose,
who has been governor since October 16, 2014, will lose his immunity at exactly
11.59pm on October 15, 2018, thereby giving the EFCC the constitutional right
to arrest, detain and prosecute him.
The
governor is expected to report at the EFCC head office in Abuja to meet with
the commission’s Director of Operations, Umar Mohammed, after which he will be
grilled by a team of operatives.
Fayose
is under investigation for allegedly receiving over N1.2bn from a former
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), through a former Minister
of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.
The
money was allegedly handed over to Fayose during the build-up to the 2014
governorship election in Ekiti State.
Fayose’s
aide, Abiodun Agbele, and others had been arraigned by the EFCC but Fayose was
excluded because of his immunity.
A
source within the EFCC said, “We are expecting Fayose to show up at our office
next week. He has nowhere to run to since he is under security watch and cannot
leave the country through any land border, seaport or airport.
“We
have also set up a special team of investigators that will interrogate him
immediately after the expiration of his tenure.”
The
governor is expected to be arraigned after investigations.
Apart
from the alleged N1.2bn fraud, Fayose is also under probe for alleged contract
fraud.
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