We Will Sue EFCC For Detaining Ekiti Officials Illegally – Fayose
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose said the state government will sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for detaining the Ekiti state Finance Commissioner, Toyin Ojo and Accountant General, Mrs. Yemisi Owolabi who were recently released by the commission.
Fayose who revealed this on Sunday also said, if he were to use human wisdom to choose who to support as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in year’s governorship polls in the state , he would have rooted one of his former Commissioners, Mr. Kayode Osho.
The two state officials were picked up on September 28 by the operatives of EFCC for alleged misappropriation of Paris Club Loan refund and bailout funds accrued to the state were held for two weeks and accorded a heroic welcome by Ekiti people on their return last Friday.
The governor who made the disclosure on Sunday, during a Thanksgiving Service to mark his third year anniversary in office, stated that the anti-graft agency’s arrest of his officials was illegal claiming that probing the use of the funds accruing to the state is solely a legal jurisdiction of the state House of Assembly.
The governor who made good his promise to reward the state officials with exotic cars, handed out two car keys to each of the officials shortly after a Thanks-giving service, saying, the duo deserved to be so rewarded for, “enduring mal-treatment, harassment, intimation and oppression from the EFCC.
“We have to reward you for enduring intimidation, mental and emotional torture and illegal incarceration for the sake of our state. The constitution of Nigeria does not empower the EFCC to arrest state officials over alleged graft. That function belongs to our state House of Assembly. We will sue EFCC to court for this illegality, pursue the case to logical conclusion and get damages for this ill-treatment. The constitution of Nigeria is supreme and has over-riding influence over any government parastatal such as EFCC.”
Fayose who had commissioned 16 new roads decorated with streets lights in all the 16 local government headquarters in the state as part of the celebration of his third year in office, reiterated that his government would deliver on all the on-going infra-structural and legacy projects such as ultra-modern market, High Court complex, fly-over bridge and new government office among others, also assured that outstanding salaries of workers would be paid.
