Former Governor of Ekiti State,
Ayodele Fayose, on Monday, after being denied bail by Lagos Court, fed 150
detainees.
Fayose also secured lawyers for
some of the detainees that are in genuine need of legal representation.
This was disclosed on Fayose’s
official Twitter page.
“Fayose took his Stomach
Infrastructure to the EFCC office in Lagos today as he provided food for over
150 people (detainees and visitors).
“The highly elated detainees
jointly sang the National Anthem after their stomachs were adequately serviced.
“Also, he has secured lawyers for
some of the detainees that are in genuine need of legal representation and
promised to assist those having challenges in meeting their bail conditions,”
the tweet read.
Fayose on Monday before a Federal
High Court, Lagos, pleaded not guilty to the charge of N30.8 billion fraud.
He is being prosecuted by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his company —
Spotless Investment Ltd — on an 11-count charge of N30.8 billion fraud.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun,
consequently adjourned the case until Oct. 24 for the hearing of the bail
application and ordered that he be remanded in the custody of the EFCC.
According to the charge, on June
17, 2014, Fayose and Agbele were said to have taken possession of the sum of
N1.2 billion for purposes of funding his gubernatorial election in Ekiti State
which sum they reasonably ought to have known formed part of crime proceeds.
Fayose was alleged to have
received a cash payment of the sum of five million dollars, (about N18 billion)
from the then Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, without
going through any financial institution and which sum exceeded the amount
allowed by law.
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