Newly elected governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, said he is neither going to belabour himself with the damage done to the state by his predecessor, Ayodele Fayose, nor interfere in the process of getting him to pay for his infractions saying he has Fayose in the hands of God.
Fayemi said the responsibility to bring Fayose to book belongs on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies.
The governor who spoke after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday, said that he is only looking at the books in order to hit the ground running.
According to him, “Well, I am sure I have never said anything about probe; I only gave hints that I would look into the books prior to my swearing in.
“Looking into books or account is the duty of any new governor; you need to know what you found on ground; I just talked about visitation panel into the education sector and institutions in the state.
“There are other sectors in the state; and it will be good for me not to check what we found when we came into office and share that with the citizens of the state.
“It is just accountability not probe. I am not EFCC; I am not ICPC; there are institutions that are charged with the responsibility to do that and it is entirely up to them if they want to probe the governor or not.
“It is not my business; I leave the governor to God; I have said that before.’’ he added.
Fayose is being prosecuted by EFCC over 11-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering.
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