The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission on Tuesday re-arraigned immediate past Ekiti State governor,
Ayodele Fayose.
The anti-graft agency
accused the Fayose of money laundering and fraud.
Federal High Court in Lagos
on Friday had adjourned his re-arraignment till July 2.
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke
fixed the date despite objection by Fayose through his counsel Ola Olanipekun
(SAN).
The judge upheld the prayer
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that it needed the
adjournment to, among others, conclude a fresh investigation against Fayose.
In October 2018, EFCC
arraigned Fayose for an alleged fraud of N2.2billion before Justice Mojisola
Olatoregun, six days after he completed his tenure as governor.
He was arraigned alongside
his firm, Spotless Limited, on 11 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust,
theft and money laundering.
The prosecution opened
trial on November 19, 2018, and called 13 out of its 15 witnesses when the EFCC
wrote a petition to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu
Abdu-Kafarati, requesting that the case be transferred from Justice Olatoregun.
It was subsequently
transferred to Justice Aneke.
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