– The wife of the former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of lying against her – Precious said, it is not true that she has 17 accounts with Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) – She also debunked claims by the EFCC that its officials were not present at the Ado-Ekiti […]
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– The wife of the former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of lying against her
– Precious said, it is not true that she has 17 accounts with Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB)
– She also debunked claims by the EFCC that its officials were not present at the Ado-Ekiti branch of Access Bank on Monday, October 17, when she and her son, Aragon were detained in the bank
Fayose pictured with FFK’s wife Precious after he rescued her
The wife of the former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of lying against her.
Precious Chikwendu said contrary to the claim by the EFCC that she has 17 Guarantee Trust Bank accounts tied to her name, she only operates five accounts.
A statement by her spokesperson Chinenye Okechukwu said: “Finally let me add this. It is not true that Precious Chikwendu has 17 accounts in GTB. This is another dirty EFCC lie.”
Okechukwu said her principal has a current account which is merged to her GTB savings account.
The account, Okechukwu said was opened in 2012.
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“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,” Okechukwu said.
She also said none of the above mentioned accounts have any connection with public funds or money received by Precious’ husband during his tenure and the director of media and publicity for the 2015 presidential election campaign.
Precious further debunked claims by the EFCC that its officials were not present at the Ado-Ekiti branch of Access Bank on Monday, October 17, when she and her son, Aragon were detained in the bank.
“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,” Okechukwu said.
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“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,” she said.
The EFCC’s spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren had in statement said that the Access Bank account owned by Precious had been flagged by the commission following investigation on Peoples Democratic Joint Trust Fund.
He said the account had in it a balance of N2.3 million in it while the commission had traced N1.1 billion to the Zenith Bank account of the former minister.
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“It was discovered that the account had two biometric identification numbers, one for Fani-Kayode and the other (with BVN 2205597283) for Sonia Chikwendu,” Uwujaren had said.
“The same BVN is linked to two other accounts in Diamond Bank and 15 accounts in Guaranty Trust Bank,” he added.
Meanwhile screenshots of the Access bank account obtained by NAIJ.com shows that Precious’ Access Bank account with account number – 024425113 had a balance of N295,518.61.
Details also showed a withdrawal of N500,000 on October 10.
Also N20,100; N16,000 were withdrawn the next day, October 11 while another withdrawal if N123,890 was made on October 12; all through fund transfer.
On October 14, there was a cash deposit of N60,000 and another credit transfer of N200,000 on Monday, October 17.
See a screenshot of the Access Bank account below:
Okechukwu added: “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 utilized or activated again until August 2016 when small deposits of between 200,000 and 500,000 were made into it and the total amount that entered into that account over a period of 2 months was approximately
four million naira.
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“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 95,000.
“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 Aragon, for arrest.
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 2.4 million 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 that he works for are nothing but pernicious liars.
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“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,” she said.
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