High Street

Immediate-past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose has been granted bail. A Lagos Federal High Court granted the controversial politician bail in the sum of N50m. The bail was handed to the former governor this morning Wednesday October 24, 2018. Fayose is facing trial for N2.2billion fraud and money laundering. He was arrested by the operatives of Economic and Financial Crime Commission after the expiration of his tenure as governor of the South West state of Ekiti. He was briefly detained at the Abuja office of the anti-graft body before he was moved to Lagos for the commencement of his trial on Monday October 22, 2018. According to a report monitored on Punchng.com Justice Mojisola Olatoregun granted Fayose bail with two sureties in like sum. The Judge, however, ordered that the former governor be remanded in the prison custody pending the fulfilment of the bail condition.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has assembled 22 witnesses to testify against the immediate-past Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, in court. The anti-graft agency is set to arraign the former governor before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday (today) for an alleged fraud of N2.2bn. It alleged that Fayose took possession of the money “to fund your 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Ekiti State, which you reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: criminal breach of trust/stealing.” Among the witnesses lined up to testify against the ex-governor is a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, and a former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc, Mr Alex Otti. Also to testify is Ayotunde Owope, said to be Fayose’s account officer. According to the EFCC, Owope opened a bank account for Fayose and “he will give evidence on how funds were transferred from one account into another.” Obanikor...

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has ruled out the possibility of contesting the senatorial seat in the 2019 general elections. Clarifying that he will never seek any elective position again, he said

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has agreed with leaders of the Muslim community not to demolish four mosques built in filling stations in Ado Ekiti. A petroleum dealer in Ekiti, Alh. Suleiman Akinbami, built the mosque sand donated them to the Muslim community. The matter was resolved at a