The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) will file 11-count charge against Ayodele Fayose, former
governor of Ekiti state, on Monday.
The charges include receiving
illegal monies to fund his 2014 governorship campaign in Ekiti state and
benefitting from proceeds of money laundering.
Fayose will be arraigned before a
high court in Lagos.
An official of the commission revealed
that Fayose was served with charges on Friday evening.
Below are the charges in full:
COUNT 1
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE and
MR. ABIODUN AGBELE (now facing another charge) on or about 17th June, 2014 in
Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, took possession of the
sum of N1,219,000, 000.00 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Nineteen Million Naira)
to fund your 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Ekiti State, which sum you
reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act,
to wit: criminal breach of trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011
(as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) and (4) of the same Act.
COUNT 2
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE on or
about 17th June, 2014 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable
Court, without going through the financial institution received cash payment in
the sum of $5,000,000 (Five Million Dollars) from SENATOR MUSILIU OBANIKORO,
the then Minister of State for Defence, which sum exceeded the amount
authorised by law and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Sections 1
and 16 (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and
punishable under Section 16 (2) (b) of the same Act.
COUNT 3
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE on or
about 7th April, 2015 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable
Court, did retain in your fixed deposit account No: 9013074033 with Zenith Bank
Plc, the sum of N300,000,000.00 (Three Hundred Million Naira) which sum you
reasonably ought to have known formed part of proceeds of an unlawful act, to
wit: criminal breach of trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011
(as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 4
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE and
SPOTLESS LIMITED between 17th June, 2014 and 4th August, 2014 in Lagos, within
the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, took control of an aggregate sum of
N317, 000, 000.00 (Three Hundred and Seventeen Million Naira) by depositing
same into the Zenith Bank Plc’s Account No: 1010170969 belonging to SPOTLESS
INVESTMENT LIMITED, a company controlled by you and members of your family and
which sum you reasonably ought to have known formed part of proceeds of an
unlawful act, to wit: criminal breach of trust/stealing and you thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering
(Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the
same Act.
COUNT 5
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE
between 26th June, 2014 and 27th August, 2014 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction
of this Honourable Court, took control of an aggregate sum of N305,760,000.00
(Three Hundred and Five Million, Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira) in
your Zenith Bank Account No: 1003126654 which sum you reasonably ought to have
known formed part of proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: criminal breach of
trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2)
(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable
under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 6
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE
between 18th June, 2014 and 23rd June, 2014 within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, did procure DE-PRIVATEER LIMITED and one ABIODUN AGBELE to
retain in their Account No: 1013835889 domiciled with Zenith Bank Plc, Apapa
branch, Lagos, an aggregate sum of N719,490,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Nineteen
Million, Four Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira) on your behalf, which sum formed
parts of proceed of an unlawful act, to wit: criminal breach of trust/stealing
and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18 (c) of the Money
Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15
(3) of the same Act.
COUNT 7
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE and
SPOTLESS LIMITED on or about 4th August, 2014, within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, did use the sum of N270, 000, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Seventy
Million Naira) to acquire a property at Plot 1504, Yedsema Street, Maitama,
Abuja from one RABI KUNDILI, which sum you reasonably ought to have known
formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: criminal breach of
trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2)
(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable
under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 8
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE
between 12th November, 2014 and 20th August, 2015, within the jurisdiction of
this Honourable Court, did use an aggregate sum of N1,151,711,573 (One Billion,
One Hundred and Fifty One Million, Seven Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Five
hundred and Seventy Three Naira) to acquire chalets 3 and 4, 6 and 9 of the
property situate at Plot 100 Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos in
the name of JJ TECHNICAL SERVICE, which sum you reasonably ought to have known
formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: criminal breach of
trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2)
(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable
under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 9
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE
between 23rd April, 2015 and 30th April, 2015 within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, did use an aggregate sum of N200,000,000.00 (Two Hundred
Million Naira) to acquire a property known as No. 44, Osun Crescent, Maitama,
Abuja in the name of MOJI OLADEJI (your elder sister), which sum you reasonably
ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit:
criminal breach of trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence contrary
to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as
amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 10
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE
between 23rd April, 2015 and 30th April, 2015 within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, did use an aggregate sum of N270,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and
Seventy Million Naira) to acquire a property known as Plot 1504 Yedseram Street,
Maitama, Abuja in the name of SPOTLESS INVESTMENT LIMITED, which sum you
reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act,
to wit: criminal breach of trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011
(as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 11
That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE on or
about 30th January, 2015 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did
procure STILL EARTH LIMITED to retain in its account with First City Monument
Bank (FCMB), the sum of N132,500,000.00 (One Hundred and Thirty Two Million,
Five Hundred Thousand Naira) for your benefit, which sum formed part of the
proceeds of your unlawful activity, to wit: gratification which you received
from SAMCHASE NIGERIA LIMITED and you thereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 18 (c) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and
punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.”
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