Musiliu Obanikoro, former
minister of state for defence, says it is painful testifying against Ayodele
Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state.
Obanikoro is one of the witnesses
testifying against Fayose, who is standing an alleged N2.2bn fraud trial.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Fayose for allegedly taking N2.2bn from the
office of Sambo Dasuki, ex-national security adviser (NSA) for his governorship
election in 2014.
The EFCC said Fayose received the
N2.2bn from Dasuki, through Obanikoro.
While being cross-examined by
Olalekan Ojo, Fayose’s counsel, Obanikoro said he was testifying against Fayose
reluctantly because they enjoyed a good relationship while they were both
members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
At a federal high court in Lagos
on Monday, Obanikoro said despite testifying against Fayose, he would not want
their relationship to be destroyed.
“I’m trying to restrain myself
from saying things that will further damage our relationship,” Obanikoro told
the lawyer.
“It’s painful for me to give
evidence against him (Fayose); no doubt about it. It is indeed very painful.”
Obanikoro also denied reports
that his properties were seized by the EFCC before he agreed to appear as the
prosecution witness.
“At no point was any of my
property confiscated during the investigation to the best of my knowledge,”
Obanikoro said.
“The newspaper reports on
confiscation of my properties can be said to be wrong. They were selling their
papers.”
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Coward dies many times before their death. Obanikoro will continue to be a good for nothing traitor. APC will continue to use you and later dump you because you can't be trusted.
ReplyDeleteA sure they have threatened your life and your family as well. Coward!
These are shameless people parading themselves as political leaders. They are just privileged thieves. Musiliu Obanikoro has gotten so much from lagos and the he even deployed state's apparatus to deal with lagosians
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