Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor
of Lagos state, says he does not have personal links to the accounts where N9.9
billion was frozen.
On Tuesday, a federal high court
in Lagos ordered the freezing of three bank accounts belonging to the state
government over an alleged fraud of N9.9 billion fraud when Ambode was in
office.
The order was sequel to an
application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The anti-graft agency said it is
prosecuting one Adewale Adesanya who was a permanent secretary in the office of
the chief of staff to the governor, for alleged money laundering.
In a statement on Friday, Habib
Aruna, media aide to the former governor, said the three accounts frozen belong
to the state.
Aruna explained that the accounts
were opened for “administrative purposes and not for the former governor’s personal
transactions” adding that a statement by the EFCC linking Ambode to the
accounts “is misleading.”
“Those accounts were opened in
the course of normal operations by the Lagos state government for its
administrative purposes and not for the former governor’s personal transactions
as was being wrongly insinuated and have been operated to ensure smooth
operations of government activities by previous and present administrations,”
he said.
“The former governor was not and
will never be involved in any unauthorized use of government property and
resources.
“We strongly believe that after
four demanding years as Chief Executive of Lagos State, Mr. Ambode is entitled
to some deserved rest with his family and loved ones without the unwarranted
attacks on his well-earned reputation.”
He said the former governor is
committed to “the ideals of President Muhammadu Buhari and the founding fathers
of the party for the attainment of the next level for Nigeria.”
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I wasn't expecting you to own up to the ownership of the accts
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