The Ekiti State government has said the arrest of Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, and the Accountant General, Mrs Yemisi Owolabi, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is an attempt to intimidate governor Ayodele Fayose.

This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Assistant to Governor Ayodele Fayose on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka.

What happened:

• The EFCC had arrested both officials in Ado-Ekiti for refusing to honour the agency’s invitation.
• The anti-graft agency had summoned them over the misuse of bailout funds by the Ayodele Fayose administration.

Ekiti govt’s response:

• Fayose will not be intimidated.
• The EFCC has proved one again that it is being used by the APC.
• There’s a subsisting court order which stops EFCC from arresting any Ekiti official.
• The APC is afraid of Fayose’s declaration to run for Presidency.

“The EFCC is obviously living up to its status as the attack-dog of the All Progressives Congress government, but Ekiti State government under Governor Ayodele Fayose cannot be intimidated.”

“It is funny that the EFCC, in the bid to carry out its usual hatchet job against Governor Fayose, failed to take into cognisance the subsisting court order, which forbids any official of the Ekiti State government from being arrested by the EFCC. Up till today, the court order has not been appealed and it subsists.”

Azeez