The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has charged the governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose to explain how he came about the N650 million he reportedly transferred to embattled former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal Alex Badeh.

A witness in the trial of Badeh for alleged fraud in property acquisition in Abuja at the Federal High Court, Abuja told the court that Fayose owned the land that changed hands several times before ending up in the possession of Badeh.

The state APC said Fayose had to respond to the accusation following his refusal to declare his assets publicly and allegations of fraud against him.

The state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement in Ado Ekiti, said the state would love to know details of the governor’s possession and how he acquired them.

The statement read in part, “Fayose has refused to tell Ekiti people the details of his assets after he was sworn in and of course we have been vindicated in our claim that the governor was involved in the arms purchase fraud through which billions of naira were ferried to Ekiti to rig his election.

“This is also a confirmation of alleged keeping of billions of naira in specially-designed save, made in South Africa where proceeds of frauds are kept in Afao-Ekiti.

“In his first term, anti-crime agencies discovered that the governor made anticipatory declaration of assets, including his Iyaganku mansion in Ibadan.

“The site of that property was a thick forest when Fayose became a governor as discovered by the EFCC and DSS in their reports on the governor’s assets declaration form.”