More facts have emerged on why some Ekiti State executive council members and lawmakers were arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS).

They are being investigated for various allegations, including alleged murder, destruction of government property, tax evasion, fraudulent procurement of judgment, attacks on courts and judges, fraudulent diversion of reimbursement on federal roads, subversion of electoral process, violence, among others.

The suspects are Commissioner for Finance Toyin Ojo; former Special Adviser on Revenue Matters Ropo Ogunjobi and four lawmakers-Afolabi Akanni (Efon), Musa Arogundade (Ado 1), Badejo Anifowose (Moba 2) and Sina Animasaun (Ekiti West 2).

The suspects and others yet to be arrested are also being investigated for their roles as “strikers” during the June 21 2014 governorship election.

They are accused of carrying out attacks and pointing at opposition figures who were arrested to pave way for rigging at various units.

A source told our reporter on Tuesday that Ojo was being questioned about the alleged receipt of N5.8 billion reimbursement from the Federal Government on the rehabilitation of federal roads, including the Ado-Ifaki Road.

The reimbursement on the project executed by the Kayode Fayemi administration was paid to the Ayo Fayose administration.

But it was not reflected in the 2015 budget speech presented by Fayose to seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers of the Fourth Assembly.

Ojo is also being grilled on the N2.4 billion Ecological fund received from the Federal Government but allegedly mismanaged, with records tendered at DSS showing that only N400 million was spent on ecological projects.

Our source also revealed that a lawmaker was being grilled for alleged murder during a political crisis in his home town, assault on Justice John Ademola Adeyeye, presentation of a forged House of Representatives Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election result for Ekiti North 2, which produced Thaddeus Aina as the winner.

One of the aspirants, Cyril Fasuyi, presented evidence in court that a forged result was presented when no election was held with the lawmaker at the centre of the alleged fraud.

The lawmaker is also being investigated for blocking the highway during the violence that trailed an attempt by the APC lawmakers in the Fourth Assembly to impeach Fayose for alleged gross misconduct.

He is also under investigation for alleged complicity in the murder of Kareem Modupe (a.k.a. Eleyele) during a political crisis in Efon last year.

Kareem’s body is still in the mortuary.

DSS is also investigating him over a petition that he did not possess a valid senior school certificate, which is the minimum requirement to contest for a House of Assembly seat.

He was said to have stopped school in Form Three.

The source said: “When he was asked in DSS custody about where he had his secondary education, he said he attended a secondary school in Lagos but he cannot remember the date.

“The lawmaker is being questioned for assaulting Justice Adeyeye alongside another aide of Fayose, who was rewarded with the position of Special Assistant.

“The day of the incident coincided with the first day of sitting of the Election Petition Tribunal when Fayose came to the court with a large number of his supporters but he missed his way and a case was being heard at Justice Adeyeye’s court.

“Adeyeye advised him (Fayose) to control his supporters but they assaulted him (Adeyeye) in the presence of witnesses. All these he will tell the DSS in the course of their investigation.”

The source also added that three lawyers in the Fayose administration are being investigated for allegedly masterminding an attack on Justice Isaac Olusegun Ogunyemi, who was hearing a suit filed by a group.

“Ogunyemi was to deliver a ruling to stay action on Fayose’s swearing-in but these lawyers masterminded the sacking of the court by inviting hoodlums who carried out the attack. The DSS is looking into these cases hitherto buried,” the source said.

Another lawmaker is at the centre of a fraudulently procured judgment from the Federal High Court, Abuja in which a lawyer was hired for the candidate who won the Ado 1 primary, Odunayo Talabi (aka Arinka), without the latter’s knowledge.

The lawmaker sued PDP, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Talabi and secured an order to accept his nomination and reject Talabi’s candidacy.

Talabi’s name had appeared on the INEC list of candidates and he had been given nomination form by the electoral agency.

Talabi petitioned INEC and other agencies, claiming he was not put on notice and did not hire any lawyer to represent him.

A key Assembly man is also under investigation for allegedly destroying seven ballot boxes during the House of Assembly election in Moba 1 after the results on the field showed that the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Babatunde Yinka, had won.

One of the officials is being grilled about N1.9 billion missing within one year.

The source said: “Huge sums of money are transferred into accounts he opened with two new generation banks in Ado-Ekiti.

“He is building a petrol station and has built a mansion in his hometown.

“He is expected to shed light on alleged fraudulent deals with a vey senior government official and he has been cooperating.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/lawmakers-we-were-offered-1m-to-remove-fayose/

Nice one. The plantain buying agbero should be seeing the handwritting on the wall clearly . . .
By the time they get his top men and start closing in on him his case will be as simple as a one million naira frontpage obituary he so much like sponsoring. . .

When Nigeria politicians have committed and their sin is finding them out, then they will begin to cry about Witch hunting and persecution.
The main lesson is that think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may ignore it.

So this is what DSS should be doing; political witchunting! Allow who ever has issue with any lawmaker to go to court pls

Fayose aw market?

Nigeria , my country. The way these politicians divert public funds is very alarming.

Buhari, stop the witch hunt! N fight d dollars! Fight power, fight d plummeting economy , fight Cameroon claiming out lands, fight pipeline vandals, fight d heat. Don't lose sence of governance by digging crickets wit ur legs though ur neck is been bugged down by an elephant load!

If u must probe, start with amaechi n all ur corrupt ministers! Start wit d disappeared 7bn that grew wing from ur party.

U can't intimidate fayose, the only voice of opposition left in pdp.

Not all of us are gullible. 9months gone u still flapping ur wings with dss n efcc noise to sound up like u working! Like u got a pair, *scoffs*

8months to appoint ministers, the only time we saw them talk was b4 d Senate after that, nothing. All r sleeping while u roam d world. 2 more years left.

Tick tuck, d cock crows

Fayose is going down!

Those crying witch hunting, I wonder if you guys read the article or you've been programmed to be silly.

Fayose should have known that shouting on top of his voice to criticize the govt unnecessarily in the name of opposition will not stop this determined govt from doing the needful. If he was smart enough he would have known that such strategy didn't work for Dokpesi, it didn't work for Mettuh, didn't work for Secondus., it didn't work for Dasuki and many others. So, why does he think it will work for him.

The noose is gradually tightening around the election rigger.

The strategy of pdp league of criminals is to use criticism of the government to mask the sordid evils they perpetuated during the years of the locust. But change means doing what is right regardless of the theatrics that follows.

HARDDON:
Buhari, stop the witch hunt! N fight d dollars! Fight power, fight d plummeting economy , fight Cameroon claiming out lands, fight pipeline vandals, fight d heat. Don't lose sence of governance by digging crickets wit ur legs though ur neck is been bugged down by an elephant load!

If u must probe, start with amaechi n all ur corrupt ministers! Start wit d disappeared 7bn that grew wing from ur party.

U can't intimidate fayose, the only voice of opposition left in pdp.

Not all of us are gullible. 9months gone u still flapping ur wings with dss n efcc noise to sound up like u working! Like u got a pair, *scoffs*

8months to appoint ministers, the only time we saw them talk was b4 d Senate after that, nothing. All r sleeping while u roam d world. 2 more years left.

Tick tuck, d cloak crows

My friend, go and...

Aufbauh:
When Nigeria politicians have committed and their sin is finding them out, then they will begin to cry about Witch hunting and persecution.
The main lesson is that think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may ignore it.

Bro!Don't tell mi that you don't know. Politicians are also witches hunting for free money.Some are so dumb that their stupidity will be irritating you.

you mean all these criminal acts were committed in ekiti just in 2years? na wao ooo, please is the fountain dried up or it doesn't matter if na good dey come out of the knowledge or bad. God help fayose.

HARDDON:
Buhari, stop the witch hunt! N fight d dollars! Fight power, fight d plummeting economy , fight Cameroon claiming out lands, fight pipeline vandals, fight d heat. Don't lose sence of governance by digging crickets wit ur legs though ur neck is been bugged down by an elephant load!

If u must probe, start with amaechi n all ur corrupt ministers! Start wit d disappeared 7bn that grew wing from ur party.

U can't intimidate fayose, the only voice of opposition left in pdp.

Not all of us are gullible. 9months gone u still flapping ur wings with dss n efcc noise to sound up like u working! Like u got a pair, *scoffs*

8months to appoint ministers, the only time we saw them talk was b4 d Senate after that, nothing. All r sleeping while u roam d world. 2 more years left.

Tick tuck, d cloak crows

You need this gan.

i know from the onset that underground investigation is going on. what the DSS were looking for are evidence's. Ekiti panorama cannot be overlooked, especially, the assault on the judge part.

this is long overdue but i know Fayose and his supporters will cry foul

Any news like this allegation from the allies and cronies of Fayose from Ekiti should be treated with a pinch of salt, they tell lies like their benefactor Fayose. For the records, if this was anything to go by, the Fayose I know would have gone ahead to call the names of these APC surrogates in DSS clothings asking for such impeachment against governor the people so much loved. I am as lost as those in the state, the extent to which the people of Ekiti love this governor that they are cooking up this story for the masses of Nigeria. It was Prof. Bab Fafunwa who once said the standard of any nation's education system cannot rise above the quality of its teachers, my people say anything that is related to the crocodile or belongs to the crocodile accompanues it into the river. What else do you expect from anybody that is close to a governor that is full of deciet and inciting people against their leaders. I move so bold to challenge those law makers to openly confront or mention the names of those DSS guys who approached them with such a threat and demand. Abracadabra says you can full everybody at different times, but you cannot full everybody the same time. Fayose, this accusation is a warning that your house members are having the intention of plotting your exit from government house the second time, this will be cataclasic and destructive. For me I know Fayose with his litany of lies is digging his political grave. Aman who has suffered impeachment in Nigeria by our constitution is supposed to be a political misnoma and is not supposed to be allowed according to the constitution to contest again, but Jonathan allowed him to contest to fight the opposition according to their postulation, every sane person who has suffered this faith should or would try to use the second opportunity to recreate the first impression of himself, but no! Fayose goes around jumpng into issues that hardly concenrs him, issues he hardly knows anything about, issues he feels should attract cheap attention.


I am sure by now he knows that even his wife and other family members do not take him seriuosly anylonger. Let him be guided by the voice of reasoning, nobody becomes gretg by being a nuisance unless in PDP government, if he is not careful, very soon he will go the way of Secondus and Metuh, there we re talking like this, but when their true picture of corruption became clear to Nigerians, very many poeople who were christinizing their deeds as witch hunting quickly and quietely dropped the witch hunting song and took to express surprise at what they were doing that even BOT members were not aware of. His father was a pastor, one will think the very things the man of Gd hated so much will become the things that of priority to his sonn. Of all Pastor Fayose's children, its only Ayo that is like a stuborn grass hopper, I pity and weep for you when the time is ripe'' he who the gods want to kill, they first make mad''

Aufbauh:
When Nigeria politicians have committed and their sin is finding them out, then they will begin to cry about Witch hunting and persecution.
The main lesson is that think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may ignore it.

Good one

They diverted our money and are now shouting victimisation. They ain't seen nothing yet!

Ekiti has that kind of Money?

them go vomit it

Honestly, Nigeria's elected officials qualify as comedians.

Interesting

ndi ara

FAYOSE FAYOSE FAYOSE
MENE MENE TEKEL UNPASIN.

FAYOSE!!! BUT I WARN U OOOO ANYWAY NOW I WILL KNOW IF U ARE A COWARD OR ORDINARY CHEST BEATER LIKE SOME PEOPLE (I DIDNOT MENTION NAME) EKITI LAWMAKERS KNOW THEY HAVE SKELETON IN THEIR CUPBOARD DATS Y DEY WANT TO IMPEACH U because U TALK TRASH ALOT **TONGUE**

HARDDON:
Buhari, stop the witch hunt! N fight d dollars! Fight power, fight d plummeting economy , fight Cameroon claiming out lands, fight pipeline vandals, fight d heat. Don't lose sence of governance by digging crickets wit ur legs though ur neck is been bugged down by an elephant load!

If u must probe, start with amaechi n all ur corrupt ministers! Start wit d disappeared 7bn that grew wing from ur party.

U can't intimidate fayose, the only voice of opposition left in pdp.

Not all of us are gullible. 9months gone u still flapping ur wings with dss n efcc noise to sound up like u working! Like u got a pair, *scoffs*

8months to appoint ministers, the only time we saw them talk was b4 d Senate after that, nothing. All r sleeping while u roam d world. 2 more years left.


Have you had breakfast this morning?


Tick tuck, d cloak crows

Have u had breakfast this morning?

muzmeel:
So this is what DSS should be doing; political witchunting! Allow who ever has issue with any lawmaker to go to court pls

"...Ojo was being questioned about the alleged receipt of N5.8 billion reimbursement from the Federal Government on the rehabilitation of federal roads, including the Ado-Ifaki Road. The reimbursement on the project executed by the Kayode Fayemi administration was paid to the Ayo Fayose administration, but it was not reflected in the 2015 budget speech presented by Fayose to seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers of the Fourth Assembly."


“Ogunyemi was to deliver a ruling to stay action on Fayose’s swearing-in but these lawyers masterminded the sacking of the court by inviting hoodlums who carried out the attack. The DSS is looking into these cases hitherto buried,” the source said.



<sub>Non-appearance of 5.8m received in the budget cannot be taken lightly, I thought Fayose was accusing APC of budget padding: if you like, cry wizard-hunting till His coming, a reasonable someone will not give a damn.

However, I have heard of bribing lawyers, judges, police etc in Nigeria, but I have never heard of beating judges and lawyers inside the court premises to the extent that everybody has to take to his/her heels, even under military administration: do you expect fayose to do this and go scort free? This calls for investigation as every government cannot be as toothless as the last administration.

You guys are just deficient when it comes to intelligent reasoning.</sub>

[[s]quote author=HARDDON post=43633275]Buhari, stop the witch hunt! N fight d dollars! Fight power, fight d plummeting economy , fight Cameroon claiming out lands, fight pipeline vandals, fight d heat. Don't lose sence of governance by digging crickets wit ur legs though ur neck is been bugged down by an elephant load!

If u must probe, start with amaechi n all ur corrupt ministers! Start wit d disappeared 7bn that grew wing from ur party.

U can't intimidate fayose, the only voice of opposition left in pdp.

Not all of us are gullible. 9months gone u still flapping ur wings with dss n efcc noise to sound up like u working! Like u got a pair, *scoffs*

8months to appoint ministers, the only time we saw them talk was b4 d Senate after that, nothing. All r sleeping while u roam d world. 2 more years left.

Tick tuck, d cloak crows [/quote][/s]

Pls be quiet. Nigeria is moving forward!

ddippset:
My friend, go and...

Die