EX- GOVERNOR, KAYODE FAYEMI BREAKS SILENCE ON EFCC PROBE OVER ALLEGED N4BN FRAUD
THE IMMEDIATE PAST GOVERNOR OF EKITI STATE AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE NIGERIAN GOVERNORS’ FORUM, DR KAYODE FAYEMI, HAS REFUTED THE CLAIM THAT HE IS UNDER PROBE BY THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION OVER AN ALLEGED N4BN FRAUD.FAYEMI, IN A STATEMENT TODAY, BY THE HEAD OF THE FAYEMI MEDIA OFFICE, ABUJA, MALLAM AHMAD SAJOH, SAID DURING HIS VISIT TO THE EFCC, “NO SUCH ALLEGATION WAS RAISED DURING HIS CONVERSATION” WITH OFFICIALS OF THE ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY.
THE STATEMENT, HOWEVER, NOTED THAT ALL FAYEMI DID DURING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICIALS OF THE EFCC IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE, WAS RESPOND TO A FRIVOLOUS PETITION FROM A GROUP THAT WAS TRYING TO SOIL HIS GOOD NAME AND IMAGE.
THE STATEMENT READ, “WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE INVITATION AND SUBSEQUENT VISIT OF DR KAYODE FAYEMI, THE IMMEDIATE PAST GOVERNOR OF EKITI STATE AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE NIGERIAN GOVERNORS’ FORUM, TO THE ILORIN ZONAL OFFICE OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION.
