The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) has said Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State will face
criminal trial after his tenure.
This was confirmed by the
agency’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Monday.
Uwujaren, however, made it clear
that it is the Federal High Court and not the EFCC, that will determine
Fayose’s fate.
“While it is true that there is a
subsisting criminal charge against Governor Fayose, the fate of the charge will
be determined by the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, at the expiration of his
tenure, not the EFCC,” he said.
Hours after Kayode Fayemi was
announced winner of the election, the EFCC posted a tweet on its official
Twitter handle, that it would resurrect a poultry scandal involving the
governor.
The tweet was later taken down,
following a barrage of criticism from Nigerians, including Fayose’s media aide.
“That tweet was totally
irresponsible. The EFCC is not the court.
“Ayo Fayose will remain governor
until October 16, so they should wait until the end of his tenure,” Fayose’s
spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, said.
Fayose, like all Nigerian
Governors, enjoys immunity from prosecution while in office.
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