Olusola Fabiyi, kamarudeen ogundele, Eniola Akinkuotu and Ade Adesomoju
The office of the Inspector General of Police as received not less than 102 petitions against the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, investigations by one of our correspondents have revealed.
The petitions were said to have been written by those alleged to have either been harassed, beaten or detained before, during, and after the last governorship election in the state.
It was gathered that the police is set to invite the governor’s loyalists who were either in the employment of the state or in other positions when they partook in the acts stated in the petitions.
A special police team, led by one CSP Ndah, was said to have led the investigating team that investigated some of the cases.
During the tenure of the last Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, the police was set to arrest some of the governor’s aides, but Fayose was said to have raised the alarm, alleging that the police were coming to raid the state and his personal house.
The majority of the petitions were said to have originated from the members of the All Progressives Congress in the state.
The chairman of the APC in the state, Mr. Jide Awe, one of our correspondents learnt, was said to have coordinated the writing of the petitions.
It was also gathered that the writers of the petitions were spread across the 16 local government areas of the state. Among those said to have written the petitions were one Dapo Kolawole from Ijero Local Government Area and Jide Ajayi from Irepodun Ifelodun Local Government Area, among others.
A highly-placed police source said that the time was ripe for the police to look at the petitions again following the conclusion of the army’s inquiry into roles played by its officers and men during the election.
“The police have over 102 petitions against the governor which we are investigating. Soon, we will start inviting the suspects for interrogation,” the senior police officer said.
He added, “We have the petitions already worked on by a senior police officer, who is retired now, but we are looking at them again so that it doesn’t look as if we are sweeping anything under the carpet.”
It was also gathered that divisional police officers who served in the state during the election and were used to illegally detain innocent voters had volunteered information to their superiors.
The state Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Taiwo Olatunbosun, told SUNDAY PUNCH , that he was aware of the petitions. Olatubosun said the party had written another petition against the governor over attacks on its members by thugs loyal to the PDP.
He said, “In fact, we wrote another petition two days ago to the DSS and the police based on the attack on our members. Our properties at various times had been destroyed by PDP thugs. All these allegations, among others should be investigated.”
The state chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Mr. Tunji Ogunlola, also said he was aware of petitions against the governor bordering on intimidation and harassment of the opposition by some of his aides.
He said apart from the police, he was aware of petitions by the APC to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the claims of the governor on monthly wages of workers in the state.
He said, “It is true there are countless allegations against him. He should defend all the allegations against him in the petitions.”
The state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Gboyega Oguntuase, however, said no true son of Ekiti would write a petition against a performing governor.
He said if truly there were petitions against the governor, it could only come from “his enemies in the APC.”
The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, declined to make any comment when called on phone by one of our correspondents on Saturday evening.
Adelusi said he would only react if he was aware of the petitions.
“I am not reacting. I am not saying anything because I have not seen anything at all. I am educated and by the virtue of my training you have to see what you are reacting to,” Adelusi said.
It will be recalled that the APC in February this year for the third time petitioned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), asking him to prosecute all indicted people in the June 21 Ekiti governorship election rigging scandal.
The party had written two petitions dated February 13, 2015 and November 23, 2015 on the same subject matter.
The party in another petition asked the then Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to prosecute Fayose; former Ekiti State Mopol Commander, Gabriel Selekere; and an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Bala Nasarawa for the alleged criminal manipulation of the governorship election.
Meanwhile, the EFCCC which had launched a search for Fayose’s houses is set to approach the court to seize the buildings.
The properties are those Fayose was said to have allegedly acquired after he became governor on October 16, 2014.
Already, it was gathered that the investigators had identified six of the properties with purchasing papers that were skilfully prepared to deceive security agencies.
Our correspondent gathered that the purchasing papers were yet to be changed, but that those who sold the properties had confided in the EFCC who the real owner of the houses was.
The investigators are working on the theory that the governor might have used his detained bosom friend, Abiodun Agbele, as a front among others.
A source in the EFCC said, “We are closing in on the governor. Immunity does not stop us from investigating any sitting governor or president. And we have no apology to offer for doing our duty.”
Two of the governor’s friends were reportedly interrogated on the properties. They included one Abbey, who was said to have been brought to Abuja from Lagos on Friday.
He was said to have been confronted with the evidence on the various lodgements he allegedly made to banks in the name of the governor.
Another friend of the governor known as Fatai, was said to have allegedly aided the governor in securing his deposits in the bank. He was also said to be “in the know of how the properties were bought.”
It was gathered that the houses would be temporarily seized until the proxies whose names appear on the papers of some of the houses were “able to convince investigators whether the source of the funds used in purchasing the houses were clean.”
The commission was said to have relied on reports given to it by former and current associates of the governor.
Chief among the whistleblowers, one of our correspondents learnt, is a former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Dr. Tope Aluko.
Aluko told our correspondent that it was true he was invited by the anti-graft agency, adding that the allegations he made against the governor concerning the funding of his campaign were true.
In a prepared statement he gave to our correspondent, Aluko said, “Ayo Fayose was sworn in on October 16, 2015. By January 30, 2015, he made a cash deposit of N145m into De-Private account.
“On on April 18, 2015, he paid cash of N70m to the same account. The N300m deposit paid into account no 9013074033 in April in cash by Abey in Fayose’s name can’t be from the Zenith Bank, but from the Office of the National Security Adviser/Dasuki for presidential damaging and presidential election.
“These funds were used to purchase choice properties in Abuja, Lagos and Dubai through other banks in Ekiti which the EFCC is now working on.
“Ayo Fayose is not ignorant of Money Laundering Act, although he’s relying on his immunity. He should know that any cash payment above N9m for corporate and N5m for individuals is an offence and should be reported to the EFCC.
“The ones discovered or uncovered by the EFCC are different from that of the N2.1bn, $2m and $35m from this same source.”
EFCC gets court order to hold Agbele
Meanwhile, a Lagos State Magistrate’s court has granted the EFCC permission to continue to detain Agbele.
It was learnt that the court granted the EFCC a remand order to hold the suspect for two weeks as investigations into the N4.7bn allegedly transferred from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser continued.
The remand order is, however, renewable after two weeks, which implies that the commission can still detain Agbele for over two weeks depending on the outcome of investigations.
Agbele, it was learnt, allegedly helped Fayose to handle over N1.219bn during the Ekiti State governorship election in 2014.
The money was said to have been part of the N4.7bn that was allegedly siphoned from the imprest account of the Office of the National Security Adviser and deposited into the bank account of a company belonging to the sons of a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro.
The EFCC had alleged that Obanikoro conveyed about N1.219bn on an aircraft and handed it over to Agbele for onward delivery to Zenith Bank.
Agbele was said to have collected the money on behalf of Fayose and paid the money into the account of Fayose who was the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the time.
In his reaction, Fayose admitted that Agbele was a trusted friend who paid money into his account. He, however, maintained that the money came from the management of Zenith Bank and private donations.
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Police should help me add 1 to make the total petitions 103.

Fayose...... Omo Ole

Fayose...... Omo Ole

Waste of time. If you like write millions of petitions, Nothing will happen.

Amaechi and Fashola all have petitions in EFCC, did they do anything about it?... If you expect anything to be done about this one, then you're deluded.

No be only petition, na competition.

yes fayose's immunity will expire by 2018 but his thugs and rogues can answer for their crimes. it's time for DSS to storm Ekiti

Keep chasing shadow.

Fayose Will Go Alas....
Alot Of Cases Swinging On His Neck Like Pendulum Ball.

Hello DSS pick my calls na.

Just on Friday a priest was murdered in cold blood by Fulani herdsmen kidnapping n assassination d other of d day igp live gov fayose alone n face d issues at hand all dis zombies n ur boss bubuhari d northern president can't do him nothing so don't waste ur aboki time u hear

Ekiti comedian and his audience

Why can't they just leave fayose alone

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. I don't really blame Buhari/APC for this reckless abuse of authority but Jonathan who allowed himself and his party to be stampeded out of office. If Jonathan had damned all the consequences, the likes of Buhari, Tinubu, Amaechi, Kwankwasso, Fayemi, Fashola and other pretenders should be inmates at Kuje prison. Despite the endless ridicule of Jonathan and his immediate family by APC leaders including sitting governors, he did not attempt to turn Nigeria into one-party state. Tens of Ekiti indigenes were allegedly murdered by Fayemi's political thugs, yet the man is walking freely as a Minister of the Federal Republic. Loads of petitions were written against him for fleecing Ekiti treasury but he's today a freeman. Why is Fayose earmarked for destruction by Buhari and his devilish govt? Why are they using power as if there's no tomorrow? A dog that's destined to go astray would refuse to heed the call of its owner.

the case is slowly, surely and painstaking being put together

Fayose and his 2014 election will be implicated in so many criminal activities that it will be impossible for him to escape

what will really be funny is if his escape route is known and he makes a run for it.
then he will be brought back in handcuffs

OLADD:
Absolute powers corrupt absolutely. I don't really blame Buhari/APC for these reckless abuse of authority but Jonathan who allowed himself and his party to be stampeded out of office. If Jonathan had damned all the consequences, the likes of Buhari, Tinubu, Amaechi, Kwankwasso, Fayemi, Fashola and other pretenders should be inmates at Kuje prison. Despite the endless ridicule of Jonathan and his immediate family by APC leaders including sitting governors, he did not attempt to turn Nigeria to a one-party state. Tens of Ekiti indigenes were allegedly murdered by Fayemi's political thugs, yet the man is walking freely as a Minister of the Federal Republic. Loads of petitions were written against him for fleecing Ekiti treasury but he's today a freeman. Why is Fayose earmarked for destruction by Buhari and his devilish govt? Why are they using power as if there's no tomorrow? A dog that's destined to go astray would refuse to heed the call of its owner.

stop wailing. a year ago you traitors were strutting with federal might and feeling untouchable

your hero tried every last trick in the book to hang on to power, from dasuki forcing jega to delay elections, to diezani dishing out largesse to inec officials,to hiring sa mercenaries to take on boko haram, to orubebe trying to scatter the electoral process.

you were all cheering when team fayose used the armed forces to intimidate the opposition. the only people wailing about the current happenings now are the newly minted wailtivists.

oyb:
the case is slowly, surely and painstaking being put together

Fayose and his 2014 election will be implicated in so many criminal activities that it will be impossible for him to escape

what will really be funny is if his escape route is known and he makes a run for it.
then he will be brought back in handcuffs

Have you ever heard of hunters becoming the hunted? Watch how the table would turn and Fayose's enemies using their own hands to destroy themselves.

OLADD:


Have you ever heard of hunters becoming the hunted? Watch how the table would turn and Fayose's enemies using their own hands to destroy themselves.

hunters becoming the hunted

THAT is exactly what is playing out here. KARMA. the impunity of your heroes coming to haunt them and bite them in the arse.
when fayose was slapping judges, blocking off roads into ekiti, harassing apc bigwigs with soldiers, laundering money, etc, you lot were all busy hailing him as some sort of hero.

well, the bill collecta is here, and it is time to pay the piper.

every last player in ekitigate is going to pay for it.

this is no longer the era of the ineffectual buffoon where every efcc case ends with the indicted smiling on newspapers with laughing efcc officials

this is true change where we are going to learn that actions have consequences and that you cannot wiggle out of

oyb:
the case is slowly, surely and painstaking being put together

Fayose and his 2014 election will be implicated in so many criminal activities that it will be impossible for him to escape

what will really be funny is if his escape route is known and he makes a run for it.
then he will be brought back in handcuffs



stop wailing. a year ago you traitors were strutting with federal might and feeling untouchable

your hero tried every last trick in the book to hang on to power, from dasuki forcing jega to delay elections, to diezani dishing out largesse to inec officials,to hiring sa mercenaries to take on boko haram, to orubebe trying to scatter the electoral process.

you were all cheering when team fayose used the armed forces to intimidate the opposition. the only people wailing about the current happenings now are the newly minted wailtivists.

Liar. If Jonathan had done just 10% of what Buhari and APC are doing today, Nigeria would have become history. Even Buhari himself would have been a goner.

How did Jonathan use the military against the opposition? Did you hear of Ameachi and Oshiomole attempting to smuggle cash into Ekiti for the purpose of rigging the 2014 election? Did you hear about Lai Mohammed been caught in the middle of the night (around 2.am) on the eve of Osun State election trying to influence the outcome of the poll ? Did Jonathan run after Lai Mohammed and APC for publicly sympathizing with Boko haram? How many times did he victimize Fashola and Tinubu each time they upturned election results against the PDP in Lagos? Heaven will judge APC and their praise singers including you.

OLADD:


Liar. If Jonathan had done just 10% of what Buhari and APC are doing today, Nigeria would have become history. Even Buhari himself would have been a goner.

How did Jonathan use the military against the opposition? Did you hear of Ameachi and Oshiomole attempting to smuggle cash to Ekiti for the purpose of rigging the 2014 election? Did you hear about Lai Mohammed been caught in the middle of the night (around 2.am) on the eve of Osun State election trying to influence the outcome of the poll ? Did Jonathan run after Lai Mohammed and APC for publicly sympathizing with Boko haram? How many times did he victimize Fashola and Tinubu each time they upturned election results against the PDP in Lagos? Heaven will judge APC and their praise singers including you.

Wailtivists gonna wail son

wait for 10 years before you start this blatant revisionsism. even you cannot belive teh BS you're posting

this is you tripped out on federal might

OLADD:


If Jega is sacked today, nothing, I repeat nothing would happen, APC and the empty barrels cannot do jack about it. They will only blab and make noise. Didn't they threaten fire and brimstone against postponement? Was the election not postponed? If APC/Buhari and their jingoists (local or international) try anything funny, they will rot in prison.

OLADD:


True. They are just full of tainted and unrealistic dreams. With PDP's structures (at both national and state levels) built over a period of 16 years, it's extremely difficult if not impossible for APC to wake up suddenly by making noise over the social media and newspapers thinking they can win the presidency in 2015! Impossible. Even 2019 is not realistic for them.

keep wailing son

Buhari is taking us back from the wasted years of the drunkard from otueke.

oyb:


hunters becoming the hunted

THAT is exactly what is playing out here. KARMA. the impunity of your heroes coming to haunt them and bite them in the arse.
when fayose was slapping judges, blocking off roads into ekiti, harassing apc bigwigs with soldiers, laundering money, etc, you lot were all busy hailing him as some sort of hero.

well, the bill collecta is here, and it is time to pay the piper.

every last player in ekitigate is going to pay for it.

this is no longer the era of the ineffectual buffoon where every efcc case ends with the indicted smiling on newspapers with laughing efcc officials

this is true change where we are going to learn that actions have consequences and that you cannot wiggle out of

Did you just say this is the true change Nigerians have been expecting? Anyway, I don't really blame you, birds of the same feathers flock together. If you didn't see anything wrong in how APC leaders destroyed the military, police, DSS, traditional stool, the political class-all in the pursuit of power, then there's something wrong with your moral value. If Jonathan had been an Obasanjo, there wouldn't have been APC or Buhari today. But don't worry, I can assure you that nature has a way of taking care of tyrants.

OLADD:


Did you just say this is the true change Nigerians have been expecting? Anyway, I don't really blame you, birds of the same feathers flock together. If you didn't see anything wrong in how APC leaders destroyed the military, police, DSS, traditional stool, the political class-all in the pursuit of power, then there's something wrong with your moral value. If Jonathan had been an Obasanjo, there wouldn't have been APC or Buhari today. But don't worry, I can assure you that nature has a way of taking care of tyrants.

see this one

i live in lagos. Obj withheld lasg allocation for six months.

nature did take care of a tyrant - your ineffectual buffoon. this is my last reply to you. all i have seen from you is paranoid incoherence. good day sir. keep on wailing

oyb:


Wailtivists gonna wail son

wait for 10 years before you start this blatant revisionsism. even you cannot belive teh BS you're posting

this is you tripped out on federal might





keep wailing son

Buhari is taking us back from the wasted years of the drunkard from otueke.

And who told you APC truly won the 2015 election? The way kids like you reason on Nairaland is somewhat pathetic. Many of us had predicted Jonathan's victory in that election but reality began to set in when Jega apparently schemed PVC distribution to favour a section of the country. I won't waste my time in talking about how APC came to power but posterity will remind you and the nation at the ripe time.

Criminal

Buhari why?

See epistle!!

What of the petition against the likes of Fashola aka Minister of Darkness, Ameachi & co

Buhari & APC are only looking for ways to remove Fayose from Office..

Fayose is the only voice of the opposition with a lot lot of critics against Buhari Govt. FG only want to silicence him There is nothing Fayose has said or will say that Amaechi & Elrufai have not said to the previous FG yet was there any form of Hunting or harrasment using the DSS or EFCC by the prev FG They should leave fayose alone, all these petitions are politically motivated

More troubles for this low life talkative

They're really seeking for means to remove that man from office.

stories from the other side.....

Abeymills:
Just on Friday a priest was murdered in cold blood by Fulani herdsmen kidnapping n assassination d other of d day igp live gov fayose alone n face d issues at hand all dis zombies n ur boss bubuhari d northern president can't do him nothing so don't waste ur aboki time u hear

Why should Fayose be left alone?
Did Jonathan leave Amaechi alone?
Did Jonathan leave Ibori alone?