FANI-KAYODE’S WIFE RELEASES SNAPSHOT OF HER
ACCOUNT, SAYS EFCC LIED
Precious Chikwendu, wife of
erstwhile Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, Tuesday, denied allegation by
the Economic and Fianancial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that her Access Bank
account was used to launder funds from the NSA’s office and that approximately
N2.4 million balance was found in her account, when she was arrested by the
anti-graft agency yesterday.
In a statement by Chineye Okechukwu,
her Special Assistant, Chikwendu said the allegation was a lie from the pit of
hell. The statement read: “The assertion by one Wilson Uwujaren who is supposed
to be the spokesman of the EFCC that Precious Chikwendu’s Access Bank account
was used to launder Jonathan campaign funds or funds from the NSA’s office and
that approximately 2.4 million naira balance was found in the said account at
the time of her arrest is a lie from the pit of hell.
“The said account was opened in 2005
at Onitsha when Precious Chikwendu was about to start at the University of
Calabar. “At that time it was not known as Access Bank but Intercontinental
Bank. The account was used by her from 2005 till 2012 when it was abandoned and
went dormant.
“It was not utilised or activated
again until August 2016 when small deposits of between N200,000 and N500,000
were made into it and the total amount that entered into that account over a
period of 2 months was approximately N4 million naira.
“The money was spent on looking
after the family, paying staff salaries and to buy groceries.
Consequently, at the time that the
account was frozen last Friday, the amount that was left in it was N95,000.
“She was not notified about the freezing of the account until someone paid
N200,000 into it on Saturday.
The money entered the account but
after that it could not be accessed. “She decided to stop at the bank on her
way out of Ado Ekiti on Monday in order to know what was going on and she was
then detained and offered to the police and EFCC, together with her 8 month old
son Aragorn, for arrest.”
According to Chikwendu, “The total
amount that was in the account at the time of the arrest was N295,000 naira
which is approximately 600 USD.
This is reflected in the screenshot
above together with the relevant dates. “How Wilson of the EFCC arrived at his
figure of N2.3million being in the account at the time of arrest is
mind-boggling and absurd.
“It is nothing but a shameless and
barefaced lie and he and the organisation he works for are nothing but
pernicious liars.
It is equally absurd to suggest that
the said account had anything to do with Jonathan Campaign funds or Dasuki NSA
funds given the fact that the said account was not even active or functional
between 2012 right up until August 2016.
“The Presidential campaign took
place in 2015 and at that time the account was dormant. At the time that she
abandoned and stopped using the account in 2012 Precious Chikwendu had not even
met Chief Fani-Kayode.
“The lies of the EFCC on this matter
are sickening and they are wicked and sadistic people. Wilson’s assertions are
just one example of such lies.
“The only reason that Precious
Chikwendu’s bank accounts were frozen and she was subjected to such inhuman
treatment is because she is married to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode who is a
politician and a leading member of the opposition.
They wanted to punish her and their
8 month old son Aragorn just to hurt and spite Chief Fani-Kayode. “Finally let
me add this. It is not true that Precious Chikwendu has 17 accounts in GTB.
This is another dirty EFCC lie. She
has one current account with a merged savings account in GTB which was opened
in 2012.
“Outside of that she has a dollar account and
a pounds sterling account with the same bank which were all opened on the same
day in 2012.
“None of these accounts have any
connection whatsoever with public funds or with Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and
neither was any GTB BVN linked to his. Again on this issue the EFCC lied.
“Neither is it true that the EFCC were not at the bank in Ado Ekiti to arrest
her because three of their operatives were actually there manning the bank door
with their identity cards pinned to their jackets.
They were backed by five fully armed
policemen in uniform. “They made it clear to Precious Chikwendu that they had
been ordered to bring her to Abuja by road that same evening and that if she
could not leave her son in the bank with the manager he would have to come for
the ride too.
“Had it not been for the
intervention of Governor Fayose that is exactly what would have happened and
only God knows what they would have been subjected to on the way.” READ MORE
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