By Innocent Anaba
A prosecution witness, Mr Adewale Clement, in the trial of former Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, yesteday, caused a stir in the court when contrary to his statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, he told the court that he did not move cash from Afao Ekiti, Fayose’s hometown on 16 June 2014.
The witness, a former driver with Zenith Bank Ado -Ekiti branch who was suppose to be the second prosecution witness for the day told the trial judge, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, that he got to know about Afao Ekiti sometimes in 2014 when the Head of Cash Payment section of the bank told him that there was something to be done in Afao Ekiti and that when he asked him what was the thing, he said it was unofficial.
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The witness said he was told to lie by the bank’s Cash Officer, Okemute Oputu.
He said that on 16 April 2015, the Zenith Bank bullion van was grounded as there was…
