The Ekiti state governor and new People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) Governors’ Forum chairman,
Ayodele Fayose has come under attack as a
group of women has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crime Commission
(EFCC) over his alleged involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal and
demanding for his probe and removal as governor. The group known as Patriotic
Mothers Without Borders lead by Nnenna Jideofor stormed the Abuja headquarters
of EFCC on Friday calling for Fayose arrest and prosecution over his alleged
involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal. “Fayose must go”, “EFCC Must
Prosecute Fayose”, “Corruption is Corruption”, “Fayose is being tormented by
the blood of innocent Nigerians slaughtered by Boko Haram” were what the women
were chanting and had on written on their placards and banners. The leaders of
the group said “the gravity of the crime does not permit that we wait
indefinitely for Fayose to leave office; he would have finished spending his
share of the loot by then, and he has all the time to destroy evidence.” “As
mothers, we beg the EFCC to as a matter of urgency, investigate how much Fayose
gave lawmakers of Ekiti State House of Assembly who we believe have lost their
souls to an overlord,” she added. The EFCC Deputy Director Operations, Umar
Mohammed who received the petition in Abuja, said “We are not selective in our
operations, and every petition received is thoroughly investigated, no matter
how highly placed the person is,”Source: vanguard
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