Sources at Nigeria's
premier anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) have revealed that a personal account at the Zenith Bank of Nigeria of
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was frozen in connection with over
N1.2billion he took in 2014 from the disgraced National Security Adviser (NSA),
Sambo Dasuki, to prosecute his re-election as governor.
Several of the
operatives said the action came at the end of agency’s year-long investigation
into the matter.
Our sources claim Mr. Fayose received huge sums of
money from the office of the NSA that was meant for arms procurement, with
which he meticulously bribed security officials and voters to get into the
Ekiti governorship for the second time.
At least three security agencies which investigated the fraud
found that the governor stole monies meant for national security, and
deposited them into his personal account. N500m was traced to
the now-frozen Zenith Bank account.
The Nigerian Army referred some of the officers who took a
bribe from Mr. Fayose to the EFCC after some of them were
compulsorily retired from service.
It would be recalled that in 2014, SaharaReporters obtained an
audio tape in which Mr. Fayose, the then Minister of State for
Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; Minister for Police Affairs, Jelili
Adesiyan, and Osun State Senator, Iyiola Omisore, connived with army officers
to harass and arrest members of the opposition party in order to
facilitate Mr. Fayose's re-election.
While Mr. Obanikoro at first attempted to deny the authenticity
of that tape, which had been discreetly made by Captain Sagir Koli, a patriotic
army captain, Mr. Adesiyan confirmed it to be genuine.
After his election, Mr. Fayose deposited the monies into his
personal account and that of his Spotless Hotel in Ekiti, venue of the infamous
rigging meeting.
The EFCC said it is sure to prosecute those involved in the
fraud in the coming days.
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