In Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday arraigned the spokesman for former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr. Lere Olayinka, for alleged..
In Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday arraigned the spokesman for former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr. Lere Olayinka, for alleged financial impropriety and abuse of office.
Prosecuting Inspector Johnson Okunade alleged that the defendant committed the offence between 2014 and 2018 while overseeing the Ekiti State Broadcasting Service at Ilokun, Ado-Ekiti. He also alleged that the defendant, being the DG of the broadcasting station, obtained N7million under false pretence as travelling allowance from the agency’s account.
His counsel, former Attorney-General of Ekiti State Mr. Kolapo Kolade urged the court to grant his client bail, promising that he would not jump bail.
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