The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of
Ekiti State of diverting N680m from the state’s coffers to a private fixed
deposit account, which was yielding N6m interest every month.
The
N680m was alleged to have been part of the bailouts paid to the state
government by the Federal Government for the payment of salary and pension
arrears, according to the EFCC’s preliminary investigation into the matter.
The
anti-graft agency also asked the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo,
and the Accountant-General, Yemisi Owolabi, to report back to the commission’s
head office in Abuja next week.
Owolabi and Ojo had spent about 12 days in the custody
of the anti-graft agency after allegedly refusing to honour its invitation in
the past. They were arrested for their alleged roles in the diversion of the
bailout .
According
to the anti-graft agency, there is a reason to believe that the people of Ekiti
State have been short-changed.
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