..Tells EFCC to stop media trial

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

Ado-EKITI—Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari was using a corrupt Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to stamp out corruption in Nigeria, insisting that the President must start the corruption fight from his party and immediate aides since charity begins at home.

The governor said: “EFCC opinions remain their opinions and if they are so sure of whatever information they have, they should go to court and stop subjecting Nigerians to media trial. No amount of media trial from the same elements that orchestrated my removal in 2006 can erode my popularity among Ekiti people.”

President Buhari

He said any property that may be linked to him or his company was bought legitimately and his properties were duly declared in his assets declaration form and sources of such funds were not illicit.

In a release issued yesterday, by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose maintained that his election was funded by Zenith Bank as well as donations from friends and associates, adding that; “As a promising candidate of my party, I cannot stop Nigerians from supporting my election like every other candidates of other political parties, including President Buhari.”

He said since the money he got for his election was from legitimate sources and not from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, as being concocted, how the money was spent remained his own business and not that of anyone.

The governor also debunked the reported allegation by the EFCC that he received bribe from a contractor in Ekiti; saying; “If they have anything against me, they should keep their gun powder dry.

“Because in 2006 when they took me to court, their allegations crumbled like pack of cards because court decisions are founded on facts and law, and not on media trial as currently being done by the EFCC as teleguided by the APC in their bid to set the people against me knowing fully that they are not on ground.”

He said; “Having failed to buy the conscience of Ekiti House of Assembly members, the APC  has become increasingly afraid of 2018 and that the agencies of the Federal Government should know that no matter how hard they try, Ekiti electorate will not be deceived by their blackmail and media trial.

Fayose said: “The EFCC should be told in clear terms that this is 2016 and not 2006 when impeachment notices against governors were signed on the table of EFCC operatives.”