Following the freezing of his account by EFCC, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of allegedly spending the state’s money to prosecute his legal matter with the agency.

Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement in Ado-Ekiti that the party was in possession of fact that the N22m was spent to charter the airplane that conveyed his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome from Lagos to Akure airport.

He alleged that the money was taken from the state’s treasury.

EFCC had frozen the governor’s account about a month ago over an alleged fraudulent diversion of arms cash from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, to finance Fayose’s election.

However, APC has kicked against the governor for allegedly taking from the state finances to hire a lawyer to prosecute the case in court.

Olatunbosun alleged that Fayose’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, had flown from Lagos to Akure, Ondo State capital, twice since the beginning of the case, all at the expense of the state government.

“We gathered from a reliable source that a warrant for the payment of N22 million being the cost of chartered aircraft that flew Ozekhome twice from Lagos to Akure was issued and the money released almost immediately by the office of the Accountant General.

“The N22 million is outside of the legal fee, which has been reportedly paid to Ozekhome by the state government, to pursue a personal matter for the governor whose private account was frozen.

“Fayose is fond of using state funds for his personal affairs as it is the case with his latest matter with the EFCC, the same way he has been spending state’s money on adverts in several newspapers to abuse President Muhammadu Buhari,” Olatunbosun explained.

He cited IGR cash balances allegedly kept in secret accounts that were only known to the governor.

“Fayose has taken corrupt practices in government to a ridiculous height by renting out his personal house in Abuja to the State Government to be used as Abuja Government House for eight years at N50 million per annum, even though Ekiti State Government has a befitting guest house and hotel called the NANET SUITES in the Federal capital.

“Fayose and his counsel should be reminded that it is a financial crime to use state funds for personal matters and we wish to invite the EFCC to quiz the state Accountant General and the Cabinet Office over this abuse of office and flagrant violation of financial regulations,” he concluded.