The governor on Monday alleged that his account and that of some of his associates was frozen by the commission in flagrant disregard of the fact that he enjoys immunity.
“I found out that the EFCC blocked my account and the accounts of some of my associates”, Fayose told reporters at the premises of the bank located on Secretariat Road, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, where he had gone to demand his statement of account.
“I see this as illegal. If you want to fight corruption, fight corruption based on rule of law.
“I’m a sitting governor and under Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution I enjoy immunity”, he asserted.
But the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, last night said that Fayose cannot stop the anti-graft agency from doing its job just as he clarified that immunity does not shield governors or public officers from investigation.
Uwujaren said: “It is true that we have frozen Governor Fayose’s acount in connection with an ongoing investigation. We will soon release the details of our findings to the public.
“We froze the account because Fayose has no immunity against investigation.
“Let me clarify that the 1999 Constitution does not grant immunity to governors or public officers against investigation.
“The governors and others enjoying the immunity clause in Section 308 cannot be prosecuted. Therefore, Fayose cannot stop EFCC from doing its job”.
Responding to speculations in the social media that the amount in the frozen account was up to N1.3billion, the EFCC spokesman said: “Certainly, some amount was frozen in Fayose’s account but I cannot say the exact amount till tomorrow (today)”.
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