Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in a statement said he was not under probe over an alleged N4 billion fraud but was at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC to answer questions on spurious and frivolous petition.
The former chairman of Governors’ Forum, in a statement on Friday, June 2, by the Head of the Fayemi Media Office, Abuja, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, disclosed that during his visit to the EFCC, no such allegation was raised as he engaged officials of the anti-graft agency.
The statement, however, pointed out that all Fayemi did during the interraction with the officials of the EFCC in Ilorin, Kwara State, was respond to a frivolous petition from a group that was trying to soil his good name and image.
The statement read, “We would like to address the concerns surrounding the invitation and subsequent visit of Dr Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, to the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
“Last month, Dr Fayemi received an invitation from the Ilorin office of the EFCC regarding a money laundering petition against him. It was during the height of the preparations for the change of government, with many activities and programmes lined up as part of the event
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