amarudeen Ogundele , Ado Ekiti
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose , has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of shopping for evidence to nail him .
He alleged that the anti - graft agency had started coercing witnesses to implicate him in order to file a trump - up charge against him upon the expiration of his tenure on October 15.
Specifically, Fayose in an October 10 letter addressed to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu , and sighted by our correspondent , alleged that the commission had invited one Maroun Mecheleb in order to mount pressure on him so as to make a false statement to implicate him .
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose , has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of shopping for evidence to nail him .
He alleged that the anti - graft agency had started coercing witnesses to implicate him in order to file a trump - up charge against him upon the expiration of his tenure on October 15.
Specifically, Fayose in an October 10 letter addressed to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu , and sighted by our correspondent , alleged that the commission had invited one Maroun Mecheleb in order to mount pressure on him so as to make a false statement to implicate him .