SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, (THEWILL) – The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose on Monday night vowed to “remain resolute in making his opinions known on national issues and will not be intimidated.”
Fayose spoke while reacting to the arrest of some men, who allegedly aided and abetted the governor in laundering part of the cash taken from the office of the former National Security Officer, NSA. The men were alleged to have been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday in Lagos.
But in a statement issued last night by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, the Governor slammed the EFCC for arresting his aides without first inviting them for questioning.
The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to the arrest of Mr Abiodun Agbele by the EFCC and we wish to say that we encourage the EFCC to carry out its investigations without politics as it is being done now.
“It must be pointed out that at no time was Mr Abiodun Agbele invited by the EFCC, and if he had been invited, he would have honoured the invitation. Therefore, there is nothing to celebrate in his arrest if it is not political.
“As already pointed out, Governor Ayodele Fayose does not have anything to do with any fund from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
“Also, the person said to have been arrested is an adult and will defend himself when the time comes. Subjecting him to media trial as EFCC has been doing since the inception of this government will only give our adversaries momentary sense of joy.
“We await reports of EFCC investigations and we hope that the anti-corruption agency will be civil enough to allow an open and transparent trial in competent court of law and not media trial justto get at Governor Fayose because of his uncompromising stance against the misrule of the APC/Buhari led federal government.
“Finally, like we have maintained, Governor Fayose will remain resolute in making his opinions known on national issues and will not be intimidated.”
