Tag: Fayose
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N2.2bn fraud: Again, Fayose gets permission for foreign medical trip
The Federal High Court in Lagos has again granted permission to a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, to travel abroad for medical treatment. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for an alleged N2.2bn fraud. Following an application by his lawyer, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), Justice C.J. Aneke, for the…
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Fayose’s govt left N57bn unpaid workers’ salaries, pension arrears, says Fayemi
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Tuesday said that the workers in the state civil service were currently being owed N57billion as arrears of unpaid salaries and emoluments. The governor said this at a meeting he had with the civil servants as well as a cross-section of labour leaders at the Government House, Ado…
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Fayemi pays Fayose’s appointees’ outstanding salaries, allowances
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has paid the outstanding salaries and allowances of members of the State Civil Service Commission and House of Assembly Service Commission who were appointed by the immediate past administration of Mr Ayodele Fayose. Presenting the outgone appointees with cheques covering their outstanding remunerations, the governor thanked them for joining…
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Alleged money laundering: EFCC re-arraigns Fayose, gets leave to travel abroad for treatment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose for alleged money laundering. His trial will, in effect, start de novo (afresh) before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos. The court granted Fayose’s application for permission to travel to South Africa for medical treatment.…
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N6.9bn Laundering: Fayose’s re-arraignment stalled again
The planned re-arraignment of the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has been stalled again due to the absence of prosecuting counsel. Fayose was supposed to be re-arraigned today at the Federal High Court in Lagos, but the arraignment has been stalled. The former governor is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…
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EFCC unseals buildings linked to Fayose in Ekiti
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has unsealed some properties it allegedly linked to a former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Men believed to be EFCC personnel in a white-coloured bus with the number plate – BWR 627 AT – with police protection, on Thursday erased the…
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June 12: Buhari honouring Abiola is to your shame — Fayose tells Obasanjo
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fasoye, has again criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo for failing to honour Moshood Abiola throughout his eight years in power. Fayose made the rebuke in a tweet on Thursday. He said the honour done to Abiola by President Muhammadu Buhari is a shame on Obasanjo, as a…
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N6.9bn laundering: Fayose absent in court as new judge takes over
The new Judge to whom the embattled former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose’s N6.9 billion laundering case has been assigned, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on Monday adjourned till 28 June, 2019 for arraignment of the former governor so that the case can start afresh. When the case was mentioned, the EFCC prosecutor Mr Rotimi Jacob…
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Alleged N6.9bn fraud: CJ transfers Fayose’s case to new judge
The Chief Judge(CJ) of the Federal High Court has transferred the trial of the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, charged with alleged N6.9 billion fraud, to a new judge. The CJ, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, transferred the case from the former judge, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, to Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. The action, followed a petition…
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Alleged N1.2bn laundering: EFCC presents 11th witness against Fayose
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday presented its 11th witness in a case of alleged money laundering it preferred against former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti. The witness, Mr Sunday Alade, was the Akure Branch Manager of the Zenith Bank Plc. in 2014 when N1.2 billion was allegedly moved to the branch.…