BREAKING:EFCC INTERROGATES FAYEMI FOR N4 BILLION IN MONEY LAUNDERING

According to information obtained, Kayode Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti State, is now being questioned at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s zonal command office in Ilorin, Kwara State, regarding an alleged N4 billion money laundering scheme.

Reliable sources with knowledge of the issue told our correspondent that on Thursday, around 9:40 am, Fayemi arrived to the EFCC premises.

Prior to accepting the EFCC’s request for interrogation regarding charges of money laundering, Fayemi pleaded with the organization through his attorney, Adeola Omotunde, SAN, to be given the opportunity to present a book in honor of the late President Muhammadu Buhari on May 19.

On Thursday, a source confirmed the development, saying, “Fayemi came in our Kwara command headquarters at about 9:40 am today. He is currently being questioned by our agents for alleged N4 billion misappropriation.

“I’m uncertain as to whether he would be held today or released. He is not the only former governor under investigation by the committee, a different source said.

Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, declined to comment on the development when our correspondent phoned him.

Please understand that I’m unable to comment on that, Uwujaren stated.

In the meantime, the EFCC requested that the former governor of Ekiti come before the head of its zonal command office in Kwara, Nigeria’s North Central, to answer questions on money laundering activities in a letter dated May 12 that our correspondent was able to get.

The EFCC demanded that Mr. Fayemi appear before it on May 18 in a letter sent by its zone commander, Micheal Nzekwe.

According to the letter, “The commission is investigating a case of money laundering and has become urgently necessary to seek specific answers from you.

As a result, you are respectfully invited to attend an interview with the undersigned through the head of the section on economic governance. May 18, 2023, a Thursday. Off Station Road, GRA, No. 10 Oko Close, Ilorin, Kwara State. Time is 10:00 a.m.

However, in a follow-up letter dated May 15 and obtained by our correspondent through Fayemi’s legal counsel, Adeola Omotunde, SAN, Fayemi claimed to be a co-organizer and reviewer of one of the books released in Buhari’s honor.