Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has been exposed by former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro.

Obanikoro on Monday, January 21^st, 2019 appeared before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to give evidence in the trial of ex-Governor Ayodele Fayose, who is facing a N6.9 billion fraud charge.

It would be recalled that Fayose was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside a company Spotless Investment Ltd., on 11 counts, to which he pleaded not guilty and was granted bail.

However, Obanikoro, who admitted passing some alleged funds to Fayose from the then National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), said he was not aware of the source of the fund, but that it was from the impress account of the NSA, used for security purposes.

Meanwhile, at the resumed hearing in the matter on Monday, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), appeared for the EFCC, while Messrs Kanu Agabi (SAN) and Olalekan Ojo (SAN), appeared for the 1^st and 2^nd accused respectively.

Interestingly, Obanikoro when asked by Jacobs to tell the court what he knew in relation to the case, he said;

“In June 2014, close to the Ekiti State governorship election, I received a call from Fayose, enquiring from me if there was any message for him, from the then NSA, Col. Dasuki (retd).”

“The NSA is the only person that can ascertain the source of the money; it is from the impress account of the NSA. The money was debited, I gave instructions to the Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc, but was not available when the deductions were made. The accounts were used for security purposes, I do not wish to divulge further evidences on that.”