…says he remains resolutely opposed to Buhari
Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose who presently is being detained by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission ( EFCC) has alerted members of the public of an audio recording conversation currently circulating in the social media in which the Efcc acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu boasted that nothing will happen should he die in their cell, saying that nothing should happen to him.
Fayose who reacted through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, said he was baffled by the conversation and by the plot to eliminate him because of his opposition to the misrule of the President Muhammadu Buhari wondered why his punishment should be death.
He said he remained resolute in opposition to the APC government tyrannical rule which has impoverished the people, stressing that the country was moving at geometrical progression to fascism under Buhari.
The former governor told the anti-graft agency to charge him to court as he has no statement to write or anything to tell the body, saying securing the court order to keeping him in detention for two weeks or perpetually cannot change his stand.
Fayose wondered why the Efcc was still demanding a written statement from him two years after it claimed it has enough evidence to nail him and the media propaganda it embarked on.
Fayose: Beware of Fake ‘Magu Tape’ in Circulation
Conversely, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has repudiated the audio recording and described it as a disingenuous creation as it is the handiwork of mischief makers intent on distracting the Commission from the serious work of wrapping up the investigation into the corruption allegations against the former governor of Ekiti state.
Full text of EFCC statement read:The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wishes to alert the general public about an audio recording of a conversation currently circulating in the social media in which the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu, purportedly made comments to the effect that, nothing will happen peradventure Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, dies in custody. Interestingly, the audio tape did not disclose the place where the conversation occurred and the person that Magu was supposedly talking to.
Members of the public are advised to disregard this disingenuous creation as it is the handiwork of mischief makers intent on distracting the Commission from the serious work of wrapping up the investigation into the corruption allegations against the former governor of Ekiti state.
The audio recording is fake as the comments did not emanate from the Chairman of the EFCC. Purveyors of this fake news especially a former spokesperson of a leading political party are warned to desist.
