Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N2.2bn Fraud: It's Painful Giving Evidence Against Fayose- Obanikoro

The ongoing trial of a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over an alleged N2.2 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, continued on February 4, 2019, with a prosecution witness, Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence, telling Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos that It is painful giving evidence against Fayose. Fayose was arraigned along with his company, Spotless Investment Limited, on October 22, 2018, on an 11-count charge bordering on fraud and money launderin…