…Why he is on mudslinging spree
Governor Ayodele Fayose is fighting tooth and nail to dislodge allegations of involvement in sharing of security funds now famously known as Dasuki Money.
And his strategy is without borders sources confirmed.
The Ekiti state helmsman’s has turned allegations that has resulted into the freezing of his bank accounts into mudslinging contest.
After the rug was pulled off his attempt to drag the president into his travails with a futile move to rope Aisha, wife of the nation’s number one man in a bribery scandal that earned United States Congressman, Williams Jefferson thirteen years jail term, Mr Fayose has now gone after the financial institution with records of the transaction the investigation of anti corruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is premised on.
According to a source ”the Ekiti state helms man’s strategy is simple..discredit the bank to collapse the allegation”
Societynowng.com learnt this is the ploy that resulted into the state governor’s circulation of statement alleging Zenith Bank funded his election- and that the bank secured his account without due diligence and currently working with EFCC to escape sanction.
The governor and his handlers are said to be massively pushing the allegations as much as possible to make it popular.
According to an insider the ploy and it’s kick off was a result of meetings with his handlers, especially legal team who advised discrediting information secured from Zenith bank through investigation conducted by EFCC would help in no small measure to bail the embattled governor out of his unravelling mess.
The Governor is accused of receiving Security Funds to prosecute his election through involvement of former Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro. He allegedly converted these funds to personal use.
As reported by Premiumtimes, “the journey of how the money got to Mr Fayose’s account started in November 2011 following the incorporation of Silver Magna Merra Limited, a company linked to the sons of former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro. At inception, Silver Magna Merra had three directors – Ikenna Ezekwe, Adeniyi Elizaneth and one Oshodi however, in May 2012, the company passed a resolution making the sons of Mr Obanikoro – Gbolahan and Babajide and Ikenna Ezekwe signatories to the companies account. Between April to December 2014, the company received N4.7 billion from the office of the NSA and this was distributed to various companies, Bureau de Change, the PDP and politicians.”
“ N2 Billion was withdrawn in cash and on June 12, 2014, Mr Obanikoro, alongside some of his allies, personally moved N1.3 billion to Akure in chartered aircraft. The money was handed over to one Abiodun Agbele alias Abbey. They handed the money to the Zenith Bank manager in Ado Ekiti and asked him to sign that he collected N1.3 billion but the man insisted that they counted the money, after counting, they discovered that it was N80 million short.”
“Abiodun collected over N240 million. N137 million was paid to Fayose’s personal account while N100 million was deposited in the account of Spotless Hotel, owned by Mr. Fayose. Another N700 melon was credited to the account of De-Privateer Limited, owned by Mr. Agbele. Sometimes in August 2014, Abiodun paid N118 million cash and N50 million in cash into Fayose’s account.”
Fayose’s Spokesperson, Lere Olayinka has however denied this allegation, claiming that no transaction was traced to Fayose’s account neither was Fayose’s election ever funded with public funds.
It’s no news that Fayose is no fan of the Buhari administration and with every opportunity he gets, he criticizes the president. Fayose is determined not to go down without a fight. According to his spokesman, the government is simply scared of Fayose and what he has to expose to Nigerians.
