The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State faulted the claims made by
Governor Ayodele Fayose that he had been discharged and acquitted by the
Federal High Court in the alleged N1.3bn poultry project.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed the fraud case against the governor in 2005.
The state Publicity Secretary of APC, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a
statement on Thursday that Fayose had been misleading the public for
long about the status of the case still pending at the Federal High
Court, Ado Ekiti.
According to him, the matter was transferred from Lagos to the Ado
Ekiti Division of the court for adjudication and not dismissed.
He challenged the governor to provide the court's enrolment order
discharging him on the poultry project case to convince the public.
Olatunbosun said the party's reaction to the governor's claim became
necessary to draw public attention to the true position of the matter.
The party spokesman added, "It is regrettable that Fayose has made
lies and falsehood a major plank of the state policy of his government.
"There is no iota of truth in Fayose's claim of acquittal as no court
has delivered judgment on the matter, which is still pending before the
Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti.
"The case was last heard by Mr. Justice Adamu Hobon of the Federal
High Court, Ado-Ekiti, where the EFCC gave a blow-by-blow
incontrovertible evidence of how Fayose used Biological Concepts
Limited, owned by his friend, Gbenga James, to defraud Ekiti State of
N1.3bn to build houses and purchase car for his mother.
"After that sitting, what Fayose did was to approach the Supreme
Court for an interlocutory injunction to frustrate the trial. This is
not the same thing as being discharged and acquitted over a matter that
judgment is yet to be given," he explained.
Olatunbosun explained that the matter had reached the stage of
exchange of addresses to be followed by judgment shortly before Fayose
emerged as the governor-elect in June, 2014.
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