Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the arrest of his aide, Abiodun Agbele, by the EFCC on Monday, stressing that he did not receive any fund from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
The governor maintained that the 2014 election which he won under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was sponsored by Zenith Bank, whom he claimed has not denied doing so.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Monday arrested Agbele for allegedly collaborating with Fayose to receive N1.219bn from the office of the Defense Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro during the State governorship election in 2014.
The governor maintained that the 2014 election which he won under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was sponsored by Zenith Bank, whom he claimed has not denied doing so.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Monday arrested Agbele for allegedly collaborating with Fayose to receive N1.219bn from the office of the Defense Minister, Musiliu Obanikoro during the State governorship election in 2014.
Fayose, reacting to the arrest in a statement on Tuesday morning, asked the anti-graft agency to carry out its investigation on the matter.
The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to the arrest of Mr Abiodun Agbele by the EFCC and we wish to say that we encourage the EFCC to carry out its investigations without politics as it is being done now.
“It must be pointed out that at no time was Mr Abiodun Agbele invited by the EFCC, and if he had been invited, he would have honoured the invitation.
“Therefore, there is nothing to celebrate in his arrest if it is not political.”