The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are searching for Fayose's
sister after a N200 million mansion bought by Fayose was traced to her.
Governor Ayodele Fayose
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is on the lookout for
Mrs. Moji Ladeji, the sister of Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose
after a N200million house located at 44 Osun crescent, Maitama Abuja was
traced to her.
The building which was bought by Fayose but has its documents
written in the name of his sister, has been sealed off by the EFCC. It
was gathered that the Governor used proceeds of corrupt practices to buy
the property using her sister's name.
An EFCC source told Punch: “We have been able to establish that
the house was bought from the proceeds of corrupt practices. The house
was, however, bought in the name of Fayose’s sister. We need to question
her to determine her level of involvement.
“We know that she is based in the UK but she comes to Nigeria
quite often. We want her to come and tell us her side of the story.”
Fayose had sued the EFCC for freezing his bank account following an
allegation that he received N1.219bn from the Office of the National
Security Adviser through a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator
Musiliu Obanikoro, as well as kickbacks from state contractors.
However, in a counter-affidavit, deposed to by Mr. Tosin Owobo on
behalf of the EFCC, the agency said Fayose used the N1.219bn as well as
alleged kickbacks received from the Ekiti State Government contractors
to buy houses in Abuja and Lagos.
The governor allegedly received kickbacks from about four Ekiti
State Government contractors – Samchese Nigeria Limited, Tender Branch
Concept Nigeria Limited, Hoff Concept Limited and Calibre Consulting
Limited.
However, instead of receiving cash, the governor allegedly instructed the companies to buy houses for him in Lagos and Abuja.
The houses, located on Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island,
Lagos, are said to be worth about N1.1bn. The EFCC believes the houses
were bought in the name of J. J. Technical, a company owned by Fayose
and his wife, Feyisetan.
The anti-graft agency revealed that the N200m house, located at 44
Osun Crescent, Abuja, was allegedly bought in the name of Fayose’s
sister, another property, located on 32 Yedseram Street, Maitama, worth
N270m, was bought in the name of a company.
The affidavit reads in part, “The applicant (Fayose) also used
the name of one Mrs. Moji Ladeji (the applicant’s sister) to acquire a
property situated at 44 Osun Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, from the proceeds
of the alleged offences of receiving gratification and kickbacks.
“Apart from fraudulently retaining the sum of
N1,219,490,000.00, being part of the N4,745,000,000.00, stolen from the
treasury of the Federal Government through the Office of the National
Security Adviser, the applicant (Fayose) has also received gratification
in form of kickbacks from various contractors with the Ekiti State
Government such as Samchese Nigeria Ltd., Tender Branch Concept Nig.
Ltd., Hoff Concept Ltd. and Calibre Consulting Limited.”
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