Ekiti State government has filed a 19-count charge of corruption against a former governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi and his Finance Commissioner, Dapo Kolawole.

This is coming less than two weeks after the government released a white paper on the report of the Justice Silas Oyewole-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the finances of the state during the administration of the former governor now Minister of Mines and Steel Development.

The 19-count charge in which Fayemi and Kolawole were accused of stealing, abuse of office, criminal contempt, among others was filed before the State High Court, Ado Ekiti on Friday, January 26, 2018.

Fayemi and the former commissioner were accused of misappropriating the sum of N4.9 billion being the proceeds of Ekiti State Bond for the sum of N20 billion earmarked in the Bond Prospectus for various projects in the State that were either not done or partly done.

While releasing the white paper on January 15, 2018, the government had directed that the state’s Ministry of Justice should institute appropriate legal action(s) against Fayemi and others.

It added that Fayemi and his Finance Commissioner should be made to account for the whereabouts of the fund allocated to projects in the N25 billion Bond Prospectus, which were either not executed or partly executed.

http://ekitidefender.com/n4-9bn-ekiti-state-government-charges-former-gov-fayemi/

Lalasticlala Dominique Ishilove Mynd44

Good development. Hopefully, Fayemi will get to defend himself and clear his name once and for all.

Fayose is also setting a very good precedent for government at all levels to follow. Nobody should be too big to give account of his/her time in public office. Fayose should also be ready to give similar account once he losses his immunity from prosecution later this year. He should not cry of witch hunt when that time comes.

Let him go to court.
Sometimes I get this feeling that Solid mineral ministry does not get any budgetary allocation. Abi somebody dey wack am ni?

Can somebody educate me on what that ministry has achieved in the last 3yrs?

Like Buhari, like Fayemi.