The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Ayodele Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, of all the charges the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had brought against him in a long-standing money laundering case.
In the suit, the court upheld the no-case submission of the former governor, stating that the anti-graft agency could not establish a prima facie case against Fayose to warrant further hearing of the suit.
Recall that the former governor has been standing trial over the allegations of money laundering and fraud during his time in the Ekiti governor’s office. However, after years of legal battle, the court held that the evidence the EFCC had presented was not substantial enough to charge him.
