N1.3bn EFCC Probe: Obanikoro To Testify Against Fayose In Court

Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, will testify in court in the N1.3 billion corruption case against the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose.

This was according to Fayose’s media aide, Mr Lere Olayinka, who revealed this in a tweet on the official twitter account of the governor on Wednesday.

Governor Fayose, who is currently in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to answer questions pertaining to the corruption case, had said Mr Lere would be in charge of his Twitter account while he is being grilled by the anti-graft agency.

Tweeting on Wednesday, Lere said, “@officialEFCC claims that @MObanikoro has agreed to act as a state witness in their allegation against @GovAyoFayose . There’s no need to waste time. Simply charge the man to court and stop hoping you can hound him into accepting what he knows nothing about.”

Governor Fayose had turned himself in for questioning by the EFCC on Tuesday, just as he previously promised to voluntarily submit himself for interview by the Commission on October 16 which marked the end of his two-term tenure as governor of the state.

He is being questioned over alleged campaign funds he received in the run up to the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State from Mr Obanikoro.

The former State Defence Minister was said to have allegedly handed Fayose N1.3 billion for use in his 2014 gubernatorial campaign. The money