FAYOSE WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MONEY TILL NOV. see why..

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has been
deprived of possibility to use the two private
accounts of in Zenith Bank till November 7.
Recall that the governor is suing the EFCC for
blocking his accounts since June. The anti-
graft agency has brought Fayose before a
court on fraud charges.
However, Mike Ozehkome, Fayose’s lead
counsel, has argued that the EFCC lacked the
constitutional rights to apply punitive
measures on the governor who has immunity
until the end of his tenure in 2018.
He also stressed that the accounts freezing is
unlawful as based on unsubstantiated
allegations of fraud and couldn’t be imposed
until the governor found guilty.
Besides, the councel has pointed out that the
exparte order (the EFCC is relying on in
blocking accounts) had been abused, as it
was not expected to last longer than few
weeks.
He said: “My Lord, my client’s accounts were
frozen in June and we are now in September,
making a total of four months altogether.
As far as we know, the principle of exparte
order which is meant to last for a while has
been grossly abused here.
This is because as you can see, my client has
been unjustly subjected to both psychological
and mental torture, as if to say judgment
must come before trial.”
Mr Ozehkome demanded N5 billion to be paid
by the EFCC to the governor as aggravated
damages. He also asked the court to vacate
an earlier order that empowered the anti-graft
body to block the governor’s accounts.
Rotimi Oyedepo, the EFCC lead counsel,
insisted on legitimacy of the freezing and
asked Justice Taiwo to adjourn the case to
study the counter argument of Mr. Fayose’s
lead counsel.
The case was consequently adjourned till
November 7.




Source :naijaloaded
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE