The outgoing Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has agreed to surrender himself to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) twenty -fours after handing over to Kayode Fayemi as the Governor of Ekiti.
Fayose made this known on his twitter handle early hour of this morning.
He said that yesterday, he submitted a letter to the EFCC, informing the commission of his desire to make himself available on ”Tuesday, October 16 at 1pm to clarify issues or answer questions on issues within my knowledge”.
It will be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared its intention to prosecute the incumbent, Governor Peter Fayose.
According to a tweet from the Twitter handle of the EFCC, the agency will prosecute Fayose over an alleged fraud at the Integrated Poultry Project/Biological Concepts Limited to the tune of N1.3 billion.
While the agency is raring to prosecute Fayose, they will however have to wait for his immunity as governor to elapse in 60 days, when he will hand over to Fayemi.
The EFCC handle, fondly referred to as ‘The Eagle’ on social media, set Twitter ablaze with this tweet accompanied with a purported picture of the poultry farm: “The parri (party) is over; the cloak of immunity torn apart, and the staff broken.
” #Ekiti Integrated Poultry Project/Biological Concepts Limited N1.3bn fraud case file dusted off the shelves. See you soon.”
But some Twitter followers did not particularly find that tweet amusing, as they labelled it a witch-hunt from an unprofessional agency.
Tweeting from @YoungProf_MUFC, one of the antagonists said: “Rubbish. Why couldn’t you start this investigation, when he was the governor?
“You are just letting the world know that you witch-hunt the sitting president’s political opponents.”
To this allegation, the EFCC clarified; “This case has been on since 2005, but became a pending case due to the immunity. There’s nothing new here. #NoWitchHunt.”
