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By Timothy Enietan-Matthews …

In what appears as an indictment against the investigative process of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, the Ekiti State Government, Tuesday, knocked the anti-graft agency, describing its activities as that of trial and error.

The state government was reacting to reports that the EFCC stormed a popular guest house on Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja, with the intent of sealing it believing it belongs to the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, before the operator of the facility confronted the operatives, informing them that he leased the building about ten years ago.

The Ekiti government, in a statement signed by the Special Assistant the governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said it could only happen in Nigeria for an anti-corruption agency to first arrest a suspect before looking for evidence to prosecute him.

According to the statement, it was at the point of sealing the property that the owner of the Guest House told the EFCC officials that he only leased the property for ten years from its owner, a former Chief of Defence Staff, who was also a one-time Minister of Defence.

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“The EFCC operatives moved to the next building to the Guest House, which is the residence of the retired army general and they were told by the general’s wife that the building being used as Guest House as well the one next to it belonged to the general and not Governor Fayose.

“It is shocking that in its desperate bid to nail Governor Fayose so as to satisfy their paymasters, EFCC is going about claiming that properties owned by other law abiding Nigerians are owned by the governor and the result of this investigation by trial and error by the EFCC is the embarrassment it faced at Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja”, the statement said.

According to the state government, the EFCC had also told Nigerians that it discovered a mansion in Asokoro, Abuja, belonging to Governor Fayose, not knowing it is a building rented by the state government and being used as the Governor’s lodge.

The state government, in the statement, also argued that whatever properties belonging to the governor were acquired by him legitimately and that he reserved the right to own properties and can also receive money from people to fund his election.

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