The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is trying Fayose for allegedly receiving and keeping N1.2 billion and $5 million said to have been stolen from the ONSA.
“On June 17, 2014, I was in my office in Zenith Bank, Akure. I received a call from my Head of Operations, Abiodun Oshodi, that a customer would be coming to make a deposit into his account with the bank. “He said we should prepare to go to the airport. I asked for time to arrange for security, but they said that won’t be necessary as they had sufficient security. They came with MOPOL and some soldiers in a Hilux van,” Alade said.
“Two of them walked away. The remaining person introduced himself as O. Adewale. The cash was offloaded into the bullion van and we drove to Zenith Bank in Akure.”Alade also said when he and the others got to the bank, the money was counted in his presence.“The money was counted in our presence. It was N724 million. We were informed that there was a balance. We went back to the airport and picked N494 million.
Responding to a question by Ojo if he submitted a bulk cash register to the EFCC on the transaction, the witness said: “No.”He was asked to identify entries for October 6, 2014, September 5, 2014 and December 6, 2014. EFCC Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu reportedly wrote to the Chief Judge, asking that the case be withdrawn from Justice Olatoregun and re-assigned to another judge.But no reference was made to the purported letter to the CJ by the EFCC acting chairman.EFCC said the former governor and Agbele, who is facing a different charge, allegedly took possession of N1,219,000,000 on June 17, 2014 to fund Fayose’s 2014 governorship campaign.
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