Halliburton Scandal: Prove Your Innocence By Visiting The US, Fayose Dares Aisha Buhari
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, dared President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha to visit the United States of America to convince Nigerians that she was not the Aisha Buhari mentioned in the Halliburton scam.
Fayose had on Monday said Mrs Buhari was the person indicted by a US Court for transferring $170,000 to indicted US Congressman, Williams Jefferson, in the scandal.
Fayose who said this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, alleged that Mrs Buhari has been avoiding travelling to the US in order to evade arrest.
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“It is on record that the President has visited USA three times and his wife did not travel with him.
“She ought to have visited USA last year September to chair a United Nation programme but she sent the wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki to represent her,” he said.
“I advise that they should keep their gun pounder dry and wait till the end of my tenure in 2018 and I want to assure them that I will be available to answer any of their questions, no matter how unreasonable,” he added.
Speaking on allegations leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which led to his Zenith bank account being frozen and his alleged involvement with the Office of the National Security Adviser, Fayose said, “Nigerians should know that I have been persecuted by the EFCC before, using phantom N1.2 billion poultry scam and I came out victorious. I was not only acquitted, I got N10 million judgment against the EFCC and my impeachment that was orchestrated by the EFCC was quashed by the Supreme Court.
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“Nigerians should recall that it was part of this plot to get back at me because of my critical stance on Buhari’s government that the Ekiti State House of Assembly was invaded by men of the Department of State Service (DSS), placement of travel ban on me and lately, illegal frozen of my account by the EFCC.
“I therefore make bold to state that in the overall interest of democracy and well-being of Nigerians, I will continue to speak my mind on issues bordering on governance in Nigeria. I will not be intimidated.”
