N2.2bn fraud: Again, Fayose gets permission for foreign medical trip

The Federal High Court in Lagos has again granted permission to
a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, to travel abroad
for medical treatment.

Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission for an alleged N2.2bn fraud.

Following an application by his lawyer, Olalekan Ojo (SAN),
Justice C.J. Aneke, for the second time, granted Fayose permission
to go abroad for treatment.

The judge had in July first granted Fayose permission for a
foreign medical trip.

The prosecuting counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), did
not oppose the Friday’s request.

After granting the travel permission, Justice Aneke adjourned
till January 16, 2020 for continuation of trial.

Fayose is being prosecuted alongside a firm, Spotless
Limited.

In the charges, the EFCC alleged, among others, that Fayose, on
June 17, 2014, “took possession of the sum of N1, 219,000,000 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.”

The ex-governor was also alleged to have on the same day
“received a cash payment of $5,000,000 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.”

The defendants pleaded not guilty.

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