The trial of former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, for money laundering continued on Tuesday in Lagos, with defence cross-examining the12th prosecution witness, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro.
Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Ccommission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court for alleged fraud and money laundering.
He was first arraigned on Oct. 22. 2018, before Justice Mojisola Olatotegun alongside his company, Spotless Investment Ltd., on 11 counts.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was granted bail on Oct. 24, 2018, in the sum of N50 million with sureties in like sum.
The defendant was, however, re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on July 2, 2019, after the case was withdrawn from Olatoregun following a petition by the EFCC.
He had also pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was allowed to continue on the earlier bail.
The commission has since opened its case before Aneke.
In December 2021, EFCC called its 11th witness, Mrs Joanne Tolulope, who narrated how one Abiodun Agbele, said to be an associate of Fayose, allegedly unlawfully bought property worth millions of Naira for the defendant.
On Jan. 31, EFCC called its 12th witness, Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence.
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