I HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH FROZEN N9.9 BILLION, SAYS FORMER GOVERNOR AMBODE
“Those accounts were opened in the course of normal operations by the Lagos State Government for its administrative purposes and not for the former governor’s personal transactions as was being wrongly insinuated and have been operated to ensure smooth operations of government activities by previous and present administrations,” Ambode said
The statement issued by the former Governor’s media aide, Habib Aruna, added, ”the former Governor was not and will never be involved in any unauthorized use of government property and resources’.
“We strongly believe that after four demanding years as Chief Executive of Lagos State, Mr Ambode is entitled to some deserved rest with his family and loved ones without the unwarranted attacks on his well-earned reputation.”
Penpushing further reports that the former Governor said he is not interested in joining issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) adding that, there had been no communication between him and the agency on the issue.
The former Governor who ruled between 2015 and 2019 emphasized that it is pertinent to clarify what he believed was a misleading import of the press statement, stating that he believed that at this time in the nation’s polity, all hands must be on deck to support “our great Party the All Progressives Congress (APC) both at the State and national levels in order to continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to Lagosians and Nigerians respectively.”
Penpushing reports that, a Federal judge had ordered the temporary freezing of the accounts, domiciled in Zenith Bank, Access Bank, and First City Monument Bank, following an exparte application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The anti-graft agency said, N9.9 billion was paid from the State Government’s accounts into the FCMB account opened on September 17, 2018, and operated by Adewale Adesanya, the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Chief of Staff to former Governor Ambode.
