Anger as Fayose ‘confesses’ to N1.35 billion scam

Outrage has trailed recent reports by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state purchased N1.35 billion properties under six months in office. 

Governor Fayose is alleged to have purchased properties to the tune of N1.35billion within six months in office.

The embattled governor of Ekiti state has been having brushes with the EFCC over alleged money laundering.

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The ant-graft agency recently froze the governor’s personal accounts in the Zenith Bank, Ekiti branch, over allegations that monies meant for the purchase of arms was paid into the accounts by the office of former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Now, Fayose who has not been able to pay workers’ salaries for over six months has been accused of illegal acquisition of properties bought with stolen funds from the coffers of a state.

While there have been calls for the governor to step-down following the accusations against him, a recent report by Sahara Reporters that Fayose himself admitted to buying properties from the “campaign fund’ donated to him by zenith bank plc and some unnamed friends has generated outrage from a section of Nigerians who have labeled the governor as a barawo (thief).

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Though the veracity of the report has not been ascertained, the report claimed that as soon as Fayose got information that some his detained agents had confessed that they assisted him to buy properties in Lagos and Abuja he issued a statement to the effect that he owns the properties legitimately.  How legitimate?

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Meanwhile, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has been asked to resign from office in seven days time or be chased out of the government house by people whose resources have been allegedly mismanaged in the last two years of his administration.

Activist lawyer, Morakinyo Ogele who called for the governor’s resignation on Thursday, July 7, also cautioned Fayose against blaming Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana as the mastermind of his latest brush with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Ogele said the latest revelations by the EFCC that Fayose allegedly purchased property within and outside the country with public funds means he was no longer fit and proper to continue to occupy the seat of the governor.

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