By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Ado-Ekiti
There was a mild drama at the Ado-Ekiti Branch of the Zenith Bank yesterday as Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, stormed the bank to make withdrawals from his unfrozen accounts.
The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, had, on Tuesday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to defreeze Governor Fayose’s accounts.
Fayose got to the premises of the bank at about 1:20 pm and made straight for the office of the Bank’s Branch Manager, Mr. Mojeed Adekunle, and presented a counter-cheque for a withdrawal from his account.
He told the bank manager that he was in the bank to make some withdrawals from his account following a court order, served on the bank on Wednesday, December 14, to unfreeze his accounts.
Handing out the cheque, the governor said he was ready to wait till anytime his money would be given him in cash.
“I am ready to wait in your office till you close for the delay as I want my money in cash,” he said.
Adekunle who confirmed the receipt of the court order, told Fayose that the Bank would comply with the order and asked him to wait patiently to enable them consult with their headquarters.
At exactly 3:20pm after two hours, the Governor left the bank with cash of N5 million, saying: “I came to the bank after serving them with the court order and I made up my mind that I won’t leave the bank until my money is given to me. And the bank has done the needful by giving me part of the money confirming that they have obeyed the court order.
“I want to thank Nigerians and my supporters for believing in our cause that Nigerians should not be oppressed. The rascality of EFCC must stop. And I want to thank the EFCC for obeying the court order. They placed order on two accounts, one has N82 million, the other has N300 million. I have collected N5 million now. I’m not closing the accounts but if they attack my accounts again, I will make trouble with them, big trouble. If EFCC is appealing the court judgement, that is their funeral”.
