Earlyface

Efforts made by Governor Ayodele Fayose to lift the restriction order placed on his accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Zenith Bank Plc suffered a setback today, as the Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, deferred ruling on the mandatory order.

Governor Fayose, last week Tuesday had his two accounts: 1003126654 and 9013074033 in the Zenith bank frozen by the EFCC for alleged money laundering running into N1.2 billion being part of the $2.1 billion arms fund from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Bello Dasuki.

Fayose through his lawyer , Mr Mike Ozekhome(SAN), had through an ex parte order deposed to on the 24th of June, 2016 by Bimpe Olatemiju sought a mandatory order unfreezing the accounts belonging and operated by him pending the determination of his interlocutory application . Joined in the suit are the EFCC (1st defendant) and Zenith bank (2nd defendant).

The order was supported by 18-paragraph affidavit , a lone Exhibit, which was a letter issued to Governor Fayose by Zenith bank confirming that the EFCC actually placed a restriction order on the accounts and a written address .