Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome,
SAN, has vowed to drag the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, for alleging that N75million found in his frozen bank account was
proceeds of crime.
In a statement on Tuesday, Ozekhome, explained that the money which
was freezed on the order of Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High
Court in Lagos, was part payment for professional services he rendered
to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
Mike Ozekhome (SAN)He described insinuation by the anti-graft agency
that the fund was proceed of money laundering, as “an invidious lie from
the pit of hell”.
The statement read: “It is with rude shock and personal sense of
consternation that my attention has just been drawn to online
publications with numerous calls from Nigerians, that my account
containing N75 million domiciled with GTBank has been temporarily
frozen, allegedly based on an ex-parte order obtained by the EFCC from
the Honourable Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
“It is alleged that the said sum of N75 million is ‘’suspected’’ to
be the proceeds of crime or that it is from money laundering. This is an
invidious lie from the pit of hell. “For the records, the N75 million was paid into my account by my
client, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, as part payment of
Professional Fees for the numerous cases my chambers is currently
handling for him (in his personal capacity) and his aides across
Nigeria. The money is neither ‘’suspected proceeds of crime’’ nor of
money laundering.
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