The EFCC has denied reports that they detained the wife of former
Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu and their son
Aragorn, at a bank in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state yesterday October 17th.
Precious, her husband FFK and Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, had in
separate statements, accused the antigraft agency of detaining her at
the bank while she attempted to withdraw money from her personal
account. Read the EFCC press statement after the cut...
The wife of Femi Fani Kayode and her child are not in the custody of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and were never detained by
the Commission. Contrary to the media spin about the purported arrest of
mother and child, a certain Chikwendu Sonia today attempted to withdraw
money from an Access Bank account that had been placed on 'Post No
Debit' Category, following the discovery of illicit cash flows into the
account.
She was intercepted by the bank while the Commission was notified but
because it was late, the EFCC advised that the suspect be taken to the
police station for processing and release on bail.
They were arranging to take the suspect to the police station when
Governor Ayo Fayose stormed the bank with thugs and his personal
security and forcefully secured the release of the suspect, with claims
that the EFCC had no power to detain anybody in his state.
He also vowed to close down the branch of the bank.
The said account, which had a balance of N 2,307,712.82 was flagged
following investigation into the PDP Joint Trust fund when the
Commission traced N1.1billion to the Zenith Bank account of Fani-Kayode.
It was discovered that the account had two biometric identification
numbers, one for Fani-Kayode and the other (with BVN 2205597283)for
Sonia Chikwendu. The same BVN is linked to 2 other accounts in Diamond
bank and 15 accounts in Guaranty Trust Bank.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
17th, October, 2016
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