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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Group kicks as judge stops EFCC from probing Fayemi\u2019s aides, despite controversial rulings on Bello<\/p>\n

The Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has described as strange, the granting of exparte order by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, barring the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from probing the ex-Ekiti Procurement Director General, Seun Odewale and Ariyo Oyinkolawa Adesola over their alleged embezzlement of funds budgeted for the Ekiti Airport project, among other alleged atrocities.<\/p>\n

The group said it was disturbing that the same Justice Nwite, who issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, despite the pendency of an order of a High Court stopping his arrest and prosecution, could stop the EFCC from investigating Ariyo Adesola and Odewale, who served as Director General of the Bureau of Procurement when Dr Kayode Fayemi was governor.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Tuesday, by its Coordinator, Comrade Tunji Oluwasanmi, the EJG, accused Justice Nwite of double-standard, wondering why what was good for the goose in Kogi State was not good for the gander in Ekiti State.<\/p>\n

The group said just as in the case of Yahaya Bello, the applicant\u2019s lawyer, Chief R.O. Balogun, SAN, in the suit No: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1340\/2024, argued that \u201cwhile the EFCC is using the investigation of Ekiti State Government finances as the basis for interrogating his clients, the propriety of the EFCC\u2019s investigation regarding contracts awarded or executed by the government of Ekiti State is the subject of an appeal pending before the Court of Appeal in Ado-Ekiti.<\/p>\n

\u201cBalogun added that there was also a pending motion for a stay of execution and an injunction pending appeal. According to him, the pending case is challenging the EFCC\u2019s power to investigate or make inquiries into the contracts awarded or projects executed with monies appropriated by the Ekiti State House of Assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group stated further that, \u201cAll these arguments adduced in the case of Fayemi\u2019s side, were also advanced in the case of Yahaya Bello, but Justice Nwite insisted that Yahaya Bello must face trial despite the pendency of a case in the Supreme Court, challenging the power of the EFCC to investigate or make inquiries into the contracts awarded or projects executed with monies appropriated by the Kogi State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n

The EJG said Nigerians should pay their attention to the handling of cases by Justice Nwite, especially those involving the EFCC, adding that \u201cwith his handling of the matter involving the former aide of Fayemi and the swiftness with which he granted the exparte order, it was clear he is allegedly up to something.<\/p>\n

Insisting that those who superintended over Ekiti State funds must be made accountable to the people, the group said rather than seeking an order of the court to prevent EFCC\u2019s investigation, those who worked with Fayemi should present themselves for probe if they don\u2019t have skeletons in their wardrobes.<\/p>\n

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Group kicks as judge stops EFCC from probing Fayemi\u2019s aides, despite controversial rulings on Bello The Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has described as strange, the granting of exparte order by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, barring the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from probing the ex-Ekiti Procurement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":131200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[68,254,615],"class_list":["post-131201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-efcc","tag-nigeria","tag-yahaya-bello"],"yoast_head":"\nGroup kicks as judge stops EFCC from probing Fayemi\u2019s aides, despite controversial rulings on Bello - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Group kicks as judge stops EFCC from probing 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