The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission came after the Ekiti state governor anew with a seizure of 6 of his properties that were allegedly obtained with stolen money.
The houses included four in Lagos and two in Abuja. They were allegedly acquired for him by his associate, Abiodun Agbele and sister, Mrs. Moji Ladeji.
According to The Nation, the EFCC believe that these houses were purchased with money received from the ONSA and other illegal sources. A source within the agency claims that all the Lagos houses were purchased by Abiodun Agbele Fayose’s aide who is in detention.
The EFCC claimed the houses were: 44, Osun Crescent and 32, Yedseram Street in Maitama, Abuja; and houses 3, 4, 6, and 9 in Plot 100, Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. EFCC sources also claim that the funds were wired to pay for the duplexes.
Some of the houses according to the EFCC were “acquired within 180 days in office by Fayose.”
“We have discovered that he paid for the houses through his associate’s company, De-Privateer Limited of Agbele.”
According to the EFCC source “De-Privateer remitted slush funds into three accounts including FCMB (0519693019), First Bank of Nigeria (1000070240) and Zenith Bank (1014016919).
“The payments were made as follows:
“The lodgements in an account in Zenith Bank (1014016919) included
“About N200million was paid into FCMB account 0519693019on March 9, 2015.”
The source continued “One of the suspects in custody, Agbele, has been linked to the purchase of most of all these properties. In fact, funds for the purchase of these mansions were laundered through the account of Agbele’s company called De-Privateer.
“Since the houses are under investigation, we have decided to invoke the assets forfeiture clause in our Act.”
“So, the governor’s associates are still in detention because we have invited more people linked with the money laundering for the governor.”
Fayose’s sister, Mrs. Moji Ladeji was reportedly furious with the seizure and has already approached the court laying claim to one of the Abuja properties.