Mr. Abiodun Agbele, a close ally of Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose who was arrested by the EFCC last week has raised alarm from detention indicating that the EFCC won’t release him unless he implicates Fayose.
According to ngrmirror.com, a source in the EFCC reported that Agbele who is being detained as part of the investigation regarding the alleged illegal campaign funds received by Fayose from ONSA and Obanikoro, has maintained that he didn’t receive anything from Obanikoro or anyone connected to ONSA.
“EFCC appears to be at a crossroad now because Agbele was said to have maintained that he won’t lie against himself by saying what did not happen. Agbele was said to be insisting that funds only got into his account through Zenith Bank donations, and not from the NSA office,” the source said.
Fayose has insisted that he’s innocent and that his campaign was funded by Zenith bank along with donations from friends and associates.
With no link to connect Fayose and the crime, the EFCC have now turned their attention to getting information from Agbele.
The source said, “Agbele was said to have told the EFCC that money was transferred to his account by the Zenith Bank and it was Governor Fayose that introduced him to Zenith Bank as part of the bank’s arrangement to fund his election. He has also said that he was not a politician and that he never had any financial dealing with Obanikoro or the former NSA. Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
“However, EFCC is only interested in getting a link between funds allegedly received from the NSA office and Governor Fayose, and Agbele is believed to be the only one that can provide that link. Thus, Agbele may have been given the option of either making statements to implicate Governor Fayose by creating the needed link or remain incarcerated for as along as they desired.”