APC debunks Fayose’s claim of acquittal in alleged N1.3 billion poultry fraud

Governor Ayodele Fayose’s claim of being discharged and acquitted in the alleged N1.3b poultry project fraud case instituted against him in 2005, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was yesterday debunked by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement said the governor had been misleading the public regarding the status of the case still pending in the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti.

Fayose claimed that the court had acquitted him over the matter that was first before the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, before he contested the jurisdiction of the court, arguing that the alleged crime was committed in Ekiti State.

He won the argument and the case was subsequently transferred to the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, which resumed hearing without delivering judgment against the claim by the governor that the court had cleared him.

Olatunbosun said the party’s reaction to the governor’s claim became necessary to draw public attention to the true position of the matter.He said contrary to Fayose’s claim, the matter is still alive and will be revisited immediately the governor loses his immunity after the completion of his term.

Olatunbosun said: “ There is no iota of truth in Fayose’s claim of acquittal as no court has delivered judgment on the matter, which is still pending before the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti.

“The case was last heard by Mr. Justice Adamu Hobon of the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, where EFCC gave a blow-by-blow incontrovertible evidence of how Fayose used Biological Concepts Limited owned by his friend, Gbenga James, to defraud Ekiti State of N1.3b to build houses and purchase car for his mother.
“After that sitting, what Fayose did was to approach the Supreme Court for an interlocutory injunction to frustrate the trial.” he explained.

But the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi said he could not continue to react to all the allegations and propaganda of the APC.
According to him, “ I am too ‎busy and more responsible to react to every propaganda of the Ekiti APC. You don’t fight a pig, less it draws you into the dirty water”.