The report by a section of the
media that the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, had
started opening up on allegations of corruption made against him by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been described as false,
misleading and a feeble attempt by the anti-graft agency to sustain its lies
and campaign of calumny against the former governor.
Fayose’s media aide, Lere
Olayinka, who reacted in a statement issued on Friday, insisted that “no amount
of sponsored media reports will change the fact that as at today, the EFCC does
not have any evidence to prosecute the former governor in court”.
Olayinka insisted that his boss
will only defend himself before the court of law, saying that EFCC had
demonstrated that it was out to persecute the former governor ostensibly
because of his criticism of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government.
He said: “it is a fact that
Fayose wrote to the EFCC on September 10, 2018 notifying the commission of his
decision to make himself available on October 16, 2018. The EFCC replied by
asking him not to wait till October 16 and that he should come on September 20,
2018.
“Therefore, isn’t it funny that
the same EFCC that was desperate to have Fayose report on September 20 is still
keeping him in detention, four days after he willingly submitted himself? Isn’t
it now clear to all discerning minds that EFCC is only acting as an agent of
persecution against perceived enemies of the APC and it is helping to keep
Fayose out of circulation as desired by the powers that be?”
While urging members of the
public to disregard any report of Fayose saying anything other than demanding
that he be charged to court, Olayinka said; “Very soon, the public will still
be fed with stories like; Fayose writes confessional statement and eats it, he
weeps in detention, begs to return loots among other familiar lies of the EFCC.
“Nigerians should just ignore the
EFCC’s sponsored lies and continue to ask why the anti-graft agency has failed
to charge Fayose to court despite the overwhelming evidence it claimed to have.
“Most importantly, Nigerians
should be rest assured that Fayose will not be intimidated even if he is
detained for as long as the EFCC will be ready to take him to court. He won’t
say more than what he has said which is denying the EFCC allegations and that
the anti-graft agency is more of a persecutor than prosecutor.”
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