EFCC insists Fayose must face trial

The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) insisted yesterday that
former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose
had a case to answer on the N1.2 billion
poultry project fund allegedly mismanaged by
his administration.
The case came up before Justice Adamu Hobon
of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti,
the state capital.
Fayose, in an application filed by his lawyer,
Owoseni Ajayi, urged the court to quash the
charges against him, but EFCC's counsel,
Adebisi Adeyemi, in a counter-affidavit, said
the commission "established a prima facie case
against him".
Adeyemi said Fayose's application was "lacking
in merit, a ploy to frustrate the case and waste
the court's time as necessary facts have been
established against the accused".
EFCC prayed the court to dismiss Fayose's
application, saying it has enough evidence to
prove its case.
Ajayi said: "According to the criminal code, a
criminal charge must be specific in particulars,
but this case is imprecise and nebulous. I
submitted this application to quash the charges
as I am aware it would amount to a waste of
the court's precious time, since the charges
are legally offensive and would leave the court
at large."
Both counsel said they had submitted written
addresses to the court to back their
applications. Ruling on the applications was
fixed for November 7.