Gov. Fayose
Outgoing Governor Ayodele Fayose, whose tenure expired midnight on Monday, has disclosed that he would visit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday with his bedclothes and pillowcase.
The outspoken politician whose immunity ends along with his tenure, and had earlier been invited to the EFCC headquarters where he will answer to allegations that he received about N1.3bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser through the then Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.
“I will be there on Tuesday. I am not begging for any bail. It is up to them. If they want me, they should just give me a bed. I have done by bed bedclothes, I have done my pillowcase, I have my English and Yoruba bibles. I am prepared for them. Nobody should worry about me. Only cowards die many times before their deaths,” Fayose said.
Fayose said he would be at the EFCC by 1pm, adding that he would be going with his pillowcase, bedclothes and other effects.
He added, “I will be there on Tuesday. I am not begging for any bail. It is up to them. If they want me, they should just give me a bed. I have my English and Yoruba bibles. I am prepared for them. Nobody should worry about me. Only cowards die many times before their deaths.”
According to PUNCH, a source revealed that some governors and lawmakers who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party are expected to accompany him to the EFCC. The chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, would be accompanied by a team of PDP stalwarts.
The source said, “Fayose will be going to the EFCC with governors and lawmakers. It will be the same way Senate President Bukola Saraki was accompanied by his colleagues when he went to the Code of Conduct Tribunal. We will be there to give him all the encouragement he needs.
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