EFCC Disowns Partisan Update on Fayose

Court To Decide Fayose’s Fate – EFCC



The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that it is only the law court that can decide the fate of the embattled Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose.

The Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Monday, observed with interest, reactions to a tweet he said  “purportedly appeared on the Commission’s Twitter handle July 15, announcing the imminent revival of the criminal case against Fayose” .

Uwujaren noted that in the opinion of most commentators, the tweet coming a few hours after Fayose’s protege, Kolapo Olusola of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lost the governorship election to his All progressives Congress rival, Kayode Fayemi, betrayed the partisanship of the EFCC in the political contest in Ekiti State.

Against the  background, he said, Commission  is constrained to state that the purported tweet does not represent the views of the EFCC.

He stressed that as a law enforcement organization the Commission is apolitical and was not involved in the recent Ekiti election.

He stated that the EFCC has no reason to gloat over the political misfortune of any candidate or political god-father.

Uwujaren however, noted that “while it is true that there is a subsisting criminal charge against Governor Fayose, the fate of the charge will be determined by the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, at the expiration of his tenure, not the EFCC”.
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