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Fayose’s Aides Arrested

Gov. Ayodele Peter Fayose of Ekiti State is in the news again. His domestic aides; Temitope Bamidele and Sunday Afolabi have been arrested and sent to prison for allegedly stealing 50,000 dollars belonging to the governor’s personal assistant Sunday Omosilade.

In a two-count charge of stealing and conspiracy, the police said on December 29,  Bamidele and Afolabi conspired to steal $50,000 in the Government House “belonging to Omosilade”. In the second count, Amidu, a street foreign exchange operator, was charged as “an accessory when you changed $20,000 stolen money to naira for Afolabi”.

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The accused pleaded not guilty. Their counsel, Busuyi Ayorinde, applied for bail but the court told him to formalise his application.

The Chief Magistrate, Adesoji Adegboye, ordered the trio to be remanded in prison custody till Monday, when their bail application will be heard.