Politics
FAYOSE TO EFCC: I know how you plan to ‘nail’ me by hook or crook
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of making desperate efforts to ‘nail’ him by “hook” or “crook”.
He alleged that the anti-graft agency is coercing witnesses to implicate him following its failure to establish any case against him.
Fayose stated this in a letter to the EFCC dated October 10, 2018, where he specifically accused the EFCC of doing everything possible to induce and or coerce one Mr. Maroun Azeez Mecheleb to make false statements to implicate him.
He wrote in the letter with reference number EK/Gov1/28/Vol1/13:
“I have always been made to know that the statutory functions and powers of your commission are neither to persecute nor compromise the integrity of your commission.
“Permit me to stress that, a situation where a prospective witness is being induced or coerced to change his earlier statement by the operatives of the commission is nothing but persecution.
“Therefore, it is important to bring to your notice that I am aware of your desperate efforts in the last 48 hours to procure evidence by hook or crook to ‘nail’ me.
“Specifically, I know as a fact that your commission has been doing everything possible to induce and or coerce Mr Maroun Azeez Mecheleb to make false statement to implicate me (when he appears in your office at noon today 11/10/2018) as a foundation for you to concoct trumped up charges against me notwithstanding the fact that the said Mr. Maroun who only returned to Nigeria in the last three weeks had earlier made two statements in charge no. FRN vs. Abiodun Agbele and Ors. Copies extracted from the earlier proof of evidence are attached for ease of reference.
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“Regardless, I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, 16th October 2018.”
The EFCC is said to have raised a special team to interrogate Fayose, who has constantly assured the agency of honoring the its summon on October 16, a day after the expiration of his tenure.
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