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EFCC VOWS TO PROSECUTE FAYOSE OVER ALLEGED N1.3BN POULTRY FRAUD…Nigerians To EFCC… You Are Letting The World Know That You Witch-hunt Political Opponents Of The Sitting President

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Barely hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the Ekiti gubernatorial elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared its intention to prosecute the incumbent, Governor Peter Fayose.
According to a tweet from the Twitter handle of the EFCC, the agency will prosecute Fayose over an alleged fraud at the Integrated Poultry Project/Biological Concepts Limited to the tune of N1.3 billion.
While the agency is raring to prosecute Fayose, they will, however, have to wait for his immunity as governor to elapse in 60 days, when he will hand over to Fayemi.
The EFCC handle fondly referred to as ‘The Eagle’ on social media, set Twitter ablaze with this tweet accompanied with a purported picture of the poultry farm: “The parri (party) is over; the cloak of immunity torn apart, and the staff broken.
” #Ekiti Integrated Poultry Project/Biological Concepts Limited N1.3bn fraud case file dusted off the shelves. See you soon.”
But some Twitter followers did not particularly find that tweet amusing, as they labelled it a witch-hunt from an unprofessional agency.
Tweeting from @YoungProf_MUFC, one of the antagonists said: “Rubbish. Why couldn’t you start this investigation, when he was the governor?
“You are just letting the world know that you witch-hunt the sitting president’s political opponents.”

To this allegation, the EFCC clarified; “This case has been on since 2005, but became a pending case due to the immunity. There’s nothing new here. #NoWitchHunt.”


Even with the explanation, many still did not buy it as they maintained that it was nothing short of a witch-hunt.


This is because going by EFCC’s logic, the case was opened in 2005 and the file stayed dormant, meanwhile Fayose was impeached in 2006 and re-elected in 2014, thus begging the question why nine years without immunity without being prosecuted.

@Jngwobia1 said: “Babachir David Lawal the grasscutter…(sic) is walking free. This is Nigeria where anybody who doesn’t support the president is seen as a criminal. Power always shifts. It has shifted against Fayose, one day it will shift against Magu.”
Victor Osolake said: “But then what was the @officialEFCC doing between 2006 when @GovAyoFayose was impeached and 2014 when he was re-elected.
“Obviously, he didn’t have immunity for a period of eight years and he was never charged to court. This is the kind of sensationalism that many Nigerians detest.”
While some were flaying the EFCC, there were yet others who deemed their potential action as a welcome development for democracy.
Sapere Audu, who was apparently on the side of EFCC said:
“@YoungProf_MUFC You fell for the scam. The case isn’t new and it’s not the only one he has.
“Should they not continue their investigation because he’s the voice of opposition as he made you believe? Lol.”
However, going by the flak the agency received, they were forced to delete the tweet, but not before THISDAY and several other social media users screen-munched it.
Ogo Noroh said: ” It’s unfortunate that @officialEFCC is acting in a shameless and prejudicial manner. Why delete this tweet if there is no witch-hunt?
 “The whole fight against corruption is politically motivated and there is no real fight against corruption whatsoever in Nigeria.”


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