The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has listed a former minister of state for defense, Musiliu Obanikoro, and a gubernatorial candidate in Abia State, Alex Otti, as key witnesses in the criminal prosecution of Ayodele Fayose.
Fayose, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, is facing an 11-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering amounting to ₦6.5 billion.
The EFCC is accusing Fayose of taking possession of ₦1.2 billion, suspected to be proceeds of an unlawful act, to fund his gubernatorial campaign in 2014.
The commission is also accusing the former governor of receiving $5 million from Mr. Obanikoro in June 2014, in Lagos, without going through a financial institution.
Other allegations against him include using ₦270 million to acquire a property in Maitama, an upscale district in Abuja; paying ₦1.15 billion for a property in Victoria Island, Lagos; and ₦200 million for another property in Maitama.
