The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to put the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on its watch list to prevent him from leaving the country.
The acting chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, communicated this in a letter sent to NCS on September 12.
He said in the letter that the governor is being investigated and might be a flight risk if not monitored closely.
Following this request, NCS has directed all its operatives to immediately report if Fayose is sighted trying to leave the country ether by air, land or sea.
Fayose would cease to be addressed as a governor and hence no longer be covered by immunity on October 16, when he would hand over to Kayode Fayemi, the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, the Ekiti governor-elect.
Although Fayose has expressed willingness to the anti-graft…
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