The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has seized some properties said to belong to Governor Ayodele
Fayose of Ekiti State. It was learnt that the properties
located in the highbrow areas of Lagos and Abuja were seized as part of
investigations into the N1.219bn the governor allegedly received from
the Office of the National Security Adviser when Col. Sambo Dasuki
(retd) held sway, through a former Minister of State for Defence,
Musiliu Obanikoro, as well as some kickbacks he (Fayose) allegedly
received from the Ekiti State Government contractors.
EFCC has also quizzed a
former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae,
on his alleged role in the $15bn arms scam.
Falae was grilled by investigators at the commission’s office on Thursday.
Investigators said that the seized houses belonging to Fayose were allegedly
purchased with stolen funds and the EFCC invoked the Assets Forfeiture
clause to seize the properties in line with Sections 28 and 34 of the
EFCC (Establishment Act) 2004 and Section 13(1) of the Federal High
Court Act, 2004.
The seizure came less than a month after the governor’s three Zenith Bank accounts were frozen by the anti-graft agency.
One of our correspondents, who visited
two of the properties on 32 Yedseram Street and 44 Osun River Crescent,
Maitama, Abuja, observed the inscriptions ‘EFCC, Keep Off’ on the
fences.
According to court documents filed by
the EFCC, the property on Osun River Crescent was bought by Fayose in
the name of his London-based sister, Mrs. Moji Ladeji.
The governor reportedly pulled down the structure of one of the Abuja properties and started building a new one.
The two properties, which are uncompleted buildings, were said to be worth over N470m.
EFCC seizes Fayose’s multimillion-naira mansions in Lagos and Abuja
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