The former lawmaker, who is currently the acting District Head of Manguana in Boggos Local Government Area of the state, testified as the ninth defence witness in the ongoing trial of a former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye
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Fayose visited Fani-Kayode in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday afternoon and spent quite some time encouraging him
The prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas, under cross examination by the defence counsel, Paul Usoro (SAN), admitted that the assets form of Saraki for 2007 indicated that on July 11, 2007, the Senate president declared the assets as acquired with loan obtained from the bank
Fayose, through his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, approached the court for an order ordering the EFCC, the first respondent, and Zenith Bank, the second respondent, to immediately lift the freeze order on the accounts
Uwujaren told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was released to a surety without further conditions
Sources said he was released about the same time a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, was also granted freedom by the EFCC
This was contained in a statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday in Abuja
Obanikoro spent three weeks with the EFCC answering questions over his involvement in the spending of N4.7 billion released in 2014 by the Office of the National Security Adviser, then occupied by retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had in August frozen the accounts of the four companies and seized the $15 million in the course of probing Dudafa for money laundering
He made the remark on Monday during an unscheduled visit to the Commission’s detention facility and clinic, where he felicitated with some of the detainees
This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Budget and National Planing, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma
Agbele along with Sylvan Mcnamara Ltd, De Privateer Ltd and Spotless Investment Ltd are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Jonathan said this in response to a question after his lecture on Youth Entrepreneurship at the famous Oxford Union in the United Kingdom
Calls to his mobile telephone number by The Eagle Online was unanswered as at press time
The anti-graft agency accused the ex-minister of collecting N785 million from the ONSA while in office
Let it be on record that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode was held for 67 days in EFCC custody who used questionable orders from magistrates to perpetuate their illegality. While in their custody he suffered all forms of abuses, trauma and even physical attacks from some of the agents of the Commission
Fani-Kayode was re-arrested as he emerged from trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos
They were said to have made their statements to the operatives, according to an EFCC official
The former Nigerian Ambassador to Ghana, it was learned, made the revelation after spending the second night in EFCC custody in Abuja
The NJC, which claimed to have omnibus powers over both criminal and administrative matters relating to judges in Nigeria, last week disregarded the Presidency’s directive to suspend the suspected corrupt judicial officers from duty, pending the trial and disposal of the criminal allegations levelled against them