EKITI PROBE REPORT:EX-COMMISSIONER SUES FAYOSE, OTHERS
Monday,
January 29, 2018
Abuja
Ekiti Probe Report:
Ex-commissioner sues Fayose, others
A former Commissioner for Finance in Ekiti State, Dapo
Kolawole, has slammed a N20 billion suit against the state governor, Ayo
Fayose, and two of his aides for alleged libel.
Mr. Kolawole who served in the administration of Kayode
Fayemi, joined the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, the Attorney
General of the Federation, the Accountant General of the Federation, the
Central Bank of Nigeria and the Debt Management Office in the suit,
FHC/ABK/CS/6/2018, filed at the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, on January 18.
The Ekiti State government had on Friday proceeded to the
High Court in Ado Ekiti to begin the prosecution of Mr. Kolawole and his former
principal, Mr. Fayemi, for the same allegations made against them in a panel
report.
Equally joined in the suit are the Chairman, Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), the Secretary to Ekiti State Government,
Accountant General, Ekiti State, and the Commissioner for Finance, Ekiti State.
Besides making claims for defamation, Mr. Kolawole is praying
the court to hold that the outstanding sum of N11 billion being awaited as
refunds from the Federal Government on Ado-Ifaki Road should not be given to
the Fayose administration as the road was constructed by the Fayemi regime.
He prayed to be granted for damages N10 billion each from
Fayose’s spokesman, Lere Olayinka and a House of Assembly member for alleged
criminal libel and defamation on the statement they made on a television and
radio programme.
He alleged that officials had accused him and Mr. Fayemi of
plunging the state into debt to the tune of N85 billion which would not be
liquidated until 2036.
Mr. Kolawole urged the court to issue an order mandating the
EFCC (9th defendant), to investigate the circumstances for the diversion and
breach of the appropriation laws of Ekiti State through the cancellation of the
original contract of Ikere-Iju-Ondo Boundary Dualisation without first ensuring
that all laws and process of Ekiti State Government was strictly adhered to.
He also sought “an order directing the Federal Ministry of
Power Works & Housing– the 4th defendant, to investigate the road contract
relating to Ikere-Iju-Ondo Boundary Road, cancellation and breach of the
appropriation laws of Ekiti State and stop further payments or reimbursement
that is due on the Ikere Township Dualisation or Ikere-Iju-Ondo Boundary
Dualisation, a contract validly awarded to China Railway 3 (CR3) to cover Ikere
– Iju Ondo State Boundary Dualisation.
“An order directing that any further disbursement of bailout
funds, Paris Club, Grants or other reimbursement due to Ekiti State being
Federal Government palliatives shall be disbursed directly through a committee
of EFCC, Accountant General of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Finance,
Accountant General of Ekiti State, Auditor General of Ekiti State and Auditor
General for Local Government of Ekiti State to avert further diversion or
misappropriation of such funds by Government of Ekiti State particularly the
10th to 12th defendants being good gesture of the Federal Government of Nigeria
under the leadership of President Buhari.”
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