EFCC Grills Kayode Fayemi Over Allegations Of Money Laundering Involving N4bn

Kayode Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti State, went to the Kwara State office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in Ilorin, on Thursday to respond to inquiries on charges of N4 billion in money laundering.

According to sources within the commission, the former governor arrived at the EFCC building on Thursday at around 9.40am.

Fayemi had been invited by the EFCC, but he requested more time to accept the invitation in a letter.

Before accepting the invitation, he begged the EFCC through his attorney, Adeola Omotunde (SAN), to let him give a book presentation on May 19 in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Alongside Fayemi, the EFCC has revealed that it is also looking into Bello Matawalle, the former governor of Zamfara State, amid charges of corruption, the awarding of fictitious contracts, and the suspected diversion of more than N70 billion.

An EFCC source said;

“Fayemi arrived our Kwara command office at about 9:40am today. Our operatives are currently grilling him over alleged misappropriation of N4bn.

“I’m not sure whether he’d be released today or detained. However, he’s not the only former governor that’s currently being probed by the commission.”