Fayose in trouble as witness says N137m was deposited into his account Read more at: fayorizu

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Mr Alade-Oluseye Sunday, an arraignment witness in the on-going trial of Mr Abiodun Agbele, a partner of Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, said he followed up on the guidelines of the litigant to pay cash into different records, one of which is Ayodele Fayose's in whose record N137m was saved. The witness, who is the branch Manager of Zenith Bank, Akure, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court Abuja while giving his declaration on Monday. Fayose and EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) summoned Agbele alongside three organizations in a 11-check charge verging on government evasion. The organizations are Sylvan Mcnamara Limited, De Privateer Limited and Spotless Investment Limited. The sum supposedly washed is put at about N1.2 billion. Agbele argued not liable to the charge in opposition to Section 15(2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as revised in 2012). At the continued sitting, the witness told the court that the litigant gave directions that the cash ought to be exchanged to different organizations' records recorded in the
charge. The witness said he took after the litigant to Akure Airport to get the cash got two air ship. "The individual I saw who conveyed the cash to Agbele gives off an impression of being Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro. I remembered him from pictures of him I as a rule see on TV since I never met him. "The store slips used to pay the cash into the different organizations' records were filled by Agbele himself since he knows the records. "On June 17, 2014, N100 million was paid into Spotless Investment Nigeria Limited and N219, 490,000 was additionally stored into the De Privateer Company account on June 18, 2014. "On June 19, 2014, N300 million was stored into the De Privateer Company's record and on June 23, 2014, N200 million was likewise kept into a similar organization's record. "N137 million was saved into Ayodele Fayose's record on June 26, 2014 and the rest of the adjust of N230 million was taken to Ado-Ekiti on Agbele's guideline," the witness said. Sunday additionally told the court that Agbele drove the vehicles that passed on the cash to the bank. The witness additionally said that it took the bank 10 days to complete the process of numbering and sorting the cash after lodgement. He told the court that the cash was secured in the solid room amid the end of the week when the bank officers were not doing the numbering. "The cash was secured in the solid room when we were not including; three people as a rule hold the keys to the solid room which are the Head of Operation, the Cashier and the Head teller. "I never met the respondent preceding June 2014, I never had any money related dealings with him and I was never at any meeting with the litigant or the administration of Zenith Bank. Equity Dimgba suspended continuation of round of questioning of the observer in the matter until Nov. 17.