Governor Ayo Fayose shuts down Access Bank in Ado-Ekiti


Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose has forced Access Bank in the state to shut down its operation, SaharaReporters says.
Fayose’s decision came after Access Bank’s officials detained the wife and eight-month-old son of the former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode inside the bank on Monday, October 17.
The detention of Precious Fani-Kayode and her son, Aragon, the bank official said, was on instructions from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The bank officials had claimed that the account which Precious tried to draw money from was flagged by the commission.
It was also through the intervention of the state governor that Precious and her son were released from the bank.
It was gathered that Fayose also swore that the bank would not operate in Ado-Ekiti again till the end of his tenure.
However, the former minister in a statement last night condemned the action by the bank and the EFCC.
Fani-Kayode said the said account had only N200,000 and has never held more than N500,000.
He said he has never had any kind of business dealings with his wife and wonders why the EFCC would go after her.
He further called out President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to face him like a man rather than go after his young wife, son or family.
Fani-Kayode and three others are currently facing charges of money laundering before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
He also said the commission had no officials in Ado-Ekiti were the incident occurred.
Uwujaren also explained that the Access Bank account from which Mr Fani-Kayode’s wife tried to withdraw money had been flagged by the commission long ago and anyone trying to withdraw cash from a flagged account has to be questioned.

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