Fayose Won’t Have Access To Own Money Till November (Read Why)

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has been
deprived of possibility to use the two private
accounts of in Zenith Bank till November 7.
Recall that the governor is suing the EFCC for
blocking his accounts since June. The anti-graft
agency has brought Fayose before a court on fraud
charges.
However, Mike Ozehkome, Fayose’s lead counsel,
has argued that the EFCC lacked the constitutional
rights to apply punitive measures on the governor
who has immunity until the end of his tenure in
2018.
He also stressed that the accounts freezing is
unlawful as based on unsubstantiated allegations of
fraud and couldn’t be imposed until the governor
found guilty.
Besides, the councel has pointed out that the
exparte order (the EFCC is relying on in blocking
accounts) had been abused, as it was not expected
to last longer than few weeks.
He said: “My Lord, my client’s accounts were frozen
in June and we are now in September, making a
total of four months altogether.
As far as we know, the principle of exparte order
which is meant to last for a while has been grossly
abused here.
This is because as you can see, my client has been
unjustly subjected to both psychological and mental
torture, as if to say judgment must come before
trial.”
Mr Ozehkome demanded N5 billion to be paid by the
EFCC to the governor as aggravated damages. He
also asked the court to vacate an earlier order that
empowered the anti-graft body to block the
governor’s accounts.
Rotimi Oyedepo, the EFCC lead counsel, insisted on
legitimacy of the freezing and asked Justice Taiwo
to adjourn the case to study the counter argument
of Mr. Fayose’s lead counsel.
The case was consequently adjourned till November
7.

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