The trial of ex-Governor, of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose, for an alleged of N2.2bn fraud started afresh on Monday, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission recalling its first witness.
The security anty-graft agency is recalling its witnesses, nearly a year after the trial first opened before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court which is located at Lagos State.
The anti-graft agency had already called 13 out of the 22 witnesses it listed in the case before the case file was withdrawn from Justice Olatoregun in June and re-assigned to Justice C.J. Aneke of the same court.
Ayodele Fayose, alongside his company, Spotless Limited, is facing 11 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust, theft and money laundering.
He pleaded not guilty.
At the Monday proceedings before Justice Aneke, an official of Zenith Bank Plc, Lawrence Akande, testified as the EFCC’s first witness.
Akande told the court that as a zonal head of his bank, he had a relationship with Fayose and had “solicited his patronage”.