CELEBRATING THE TRUE ARCHITECT OF MODERN EKITI

As Ekiti people look over ready in the direction to extol Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose two years in office, which is imminent, Ekiti west local government chairman Hon Kolawole Omotunde, has explicitly fulfilled that there is need to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the governor in office.


Hon Kolawole Omotunde recently point out the massive road construction and renovation projects both the completed and ongoing one in the state. He stated that both Ekiti indigenes and non-indigenes have witnessed few to be mentioned road projects within the State. He said; a visit to Awedele dual carriageway in Ado Ekiti, Ikere dual carriageway, Efon dual carriageway, recently constructed 2km asphalt in Erio and omuo carriageway would make one applaud the good work of Mr Fayose.

Kolawole disclosed that "in governor's bid to serve the people better,  he has completed physical projects which spread across all Local government in the State. Aduni Olayinka women development center, ongoing 1.7km fly over and Ultra modern Oja Oba market in the State capital are visible even to the blind" he said. He added that; on assumption of Governor Fayose to office two years ago, Ekiti State was something else in the neighborhood of a pariah State. Infrastructure was nothing to write home about. Workers morale was down as a result of ill treatment meted on them by his predecessor.

One good thing to note is, despite the billions accumulated debt incurred by the APC led government in the State, our amiable Governor has done better. Even a blind man sees the transformation of the State from obscurity to global preeminence by Mr Fayose.

He stated that ongoing developmental process has affected all sectors of the economy ranging from; education to agriculture, commerce, security and other areas. Who is not aware of the steps taken by Ekiti State government to achieve great height in education recently? Roads, transport, health, human capital development, and youth empowerment, tourism, women empowerment, micro finance, agriculture, information, sports, housing and social security for the elderly ones among others.

"Governor Fayose two years in office is greatly satisfactory with laudable achievements. Indeed,he is a reliable leader, achiever, the face of modern Ekiti and arrow head of political philosophy in Nigeria." Omotunde said.

On this note,the entire staffs, executive and legislative arms  celebrates the 2nd year in office of  our dynamic governor on behalf of Ekiti West Local Government.



Long Live Ekiti West!
Long live Ekiti State!!

Exposed!!! buhari now uses “hearing aid”, did cochlear implant surgery in uk at N8.75m, not N20m

Contrary to what Nigerians were made to believe that President Mohammadu Buhari, only travelled to London in June, this year to rest, as well as see an Ear, Nose And Throat specialist (E.N.T) for a persistent ear infection, Total news can now report that the President had Cochlear Implant surgery in London.

A cochlear implant is an electronic medical device that replaces the function of the damaged inner ear. Unlike hearing aids, which make sounds louder, cochlear implants do the work of damaged parts of the inner ear (cochlea) to provide sound signals to the brain. The surgery usually lasts between three and four hours.

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the president, had said in a statement that; “President Muhammadu Buhari will take 10 days off and travel to London on Monday June 6th to rest. During the holiday, he will see an E.N.T. specialist for a persistent ear infection. The President was examined by his Personal Physician and an E.N.T Specialist in Abuja and was treated. Both Nigerian doctors recommended further evaluation purely as a precaution.”

However, it has been discovered that the President had more than mere ear infection.

Sources at the Presidency said ears of President Buhari were actually damaged beyond redemption and Cochlear Implant surgery had to be done.

Also, contrary to claim by Mallam Garba Shehu, the Spokesperson to President Buhari  that the President spent about N20 million as medical expenses for his ear treatment, the cost of Cochlear Implant surgery in the United Kingdom is less than N10 million.

According to the Nottingham University Hospital, United Kingdom, the overall initial cost of implantation, including: the cochlear implant device, the surgery, medical check-up is approximately 36,000 Great Britain Pound (GBP) for children and approximately 20,000 GBP for adults. Additional costs in the first year for programming, assessments and rehabilitation are as follows: approximately 9,600 GBP for children and approximately 4,500 GBP for adults.

As at June this year that the President travelled to London for the surgery, official dollar exchange rate was N197. Assuming GBP exchange rate was N350 then, 25,000 GBP will be N8.75 million.

In medical parlance, Cochlear Implant surgery is a unique way of giving severe and profoundly deaf patients the chance to hear.

The implant bypasses a faulty hearing organ by electrically stimulating the auditory nerve. The nerve impulse is then transmitted to the brain, and hearing is restored. Cochlear implants are not the solution to every hearing problem, but they can drastically improve the quality of life for many people with hearing impairment.

The youths under the auspices of the PDP Youths Congress (PDPYC), said Senator Buruji Kashamu was more of APC

Buruji’s Antics Clear As APC Instrument In PDP -Youths Expose Senator

Youths in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have told the party’s senator, representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu to be bold enough to declare openly for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and stop pretending to be member of the PDP.

The youths under the auspices of the PDP Youths Congress (PDPYC), said Senator Buruji Kashamu was more of APC than the PDP and he should rather join the APC formally instead of going about masquerading as PDP member while at the same defending the APC federal government.

In a release issued today by its Convener, Mr. Oluwole Durojaiye, copy of which was made available to journalists online, PDPYC said it should be cleared to all lovers of the PDP, especially in the Southwest that Senator Kashamu was agent of the APC and was ready to do everything to destroy the party.

The PDPYC, which said Senator Kashamu was already acting as the mouthpiece of the APC, noted that he (Kashamu) will be a better replacement for Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the APC National Publicity Secretary, since he had taken over the job of defending every undemocratic acts of the federal government even better than the two presidential spokespersons.

They said it should interest genuine lovers of the PDP Senator Kashamu that has spent over N100 million on media publications against fellow PDP members while he has not published one paragraph article against the APC led federal government.

The PDP youths also alleged that over N2 billion must have been spent by the senator to procure court orders against the PDP.

Going memory lane, the PDP youths said the problems that led to the party’s loss of power started from Senator Kashamu’s manipulation of the courts to remove Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Chief Bode Mustapha and Chief Segun Oni as the party’s National Secretary, National Auditor and National Vice Chairman (Southwest) respectively.

While he was doing all these then, he was getting contracts from the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun One of such contracts was the supply of vehicles to the Ogun State House of Assembly.

PDP youths should remember that it was Kashamu that got that controversial court ruling that Prince Oyinlola and Bode Mustapha did not emerged as national officers of the party through the Southwest zonal congress and that was where the crisis that made the party to lose power started.

They said the question that should be asked Kashamu and his ilk was that; where was it written in the PDP constitution that national officers must emerge through zonal congresses?

The youths lamented that it was the same way Kashamu was used to destroy the PDP then, thereby costing us the presidency that he is being used by the duo of Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi.

The Executive Chairman of Ado Ekiti Local Govt. Hon. Deji Ogunsakin has narrated the history of Ado Ekiti, and Benefits of the Udiroko Festival to Ado and Ekiti-State at large.

UDIROKO FESTIVAL the Benefits of the Past~ Ado L.G Chairman Hon. Ogunsakin.

Abalu'le Ado.

The Executive Chairman of Ado Ekiti Local Govt. Hon. Deji Ogunsakin has narrated the history of Ado Ekiti, and Benefits of the Udiroko Festival to Ado and Ekiti-State at large.

While speaking through his Special Assitance on Media Asiwaju Rowland Adewale Falade, Said  "since1990 when the Current Ewi of Ado Ekiti OBA Dr. ADEYEMO ADEJUGBE ALADESANMI III steps to his father shoe, Ado Ekiti and Ekiti State at large has witness alot of development during his reign.

Falade who futher said "In history we were told that Ewi left Ile Ile for Benin to stay with his brother the Oba of Benin, he settled in Itamodi. Itamodi is very close to Benin. They co-existed there for so many years. At a point, the place was not conducive enough for the two of them to continue to stay together. So, Ewi had to leave and he left enroute Ido-Ani but before he left Itamodi, Ewibiritiokun joined his ancestor and Ewi Awamaro Started the journey through Idoani in Ondo State and after so many years in Agbado here in Ekiti State. AGBA ADO, means the Elders of Ado. But the Ifa Oracle called Elegunpeyeje told them that they were yet to arrive at their destination and that they need to continue the journey but the Elders were tired of wandering and decided to stay back in Agbado that still exists in Ekiti till today. You see it means AGBA ADO, where the Ado Elders settled,

"Eventually, the Ewi and Ifa Oracle Elegunpeyeje continued the journey until they got to Ilumoba, they called the place ILU OMOBA in those days, now it is Ilumoba. But the Ewi and his team continued the journey, actually one of the Prince decided to stay back in Ilumoba and they are still there till today. So, they finally arrived in this place and the Ifa Oracle Elegunpeyeje said "Yes this is the place, and that is why we call it ADO, meaning here we settle. And the first meeting was held under Iroko tree and it was so done that every year Ado people would gather and offer prayer to God for peace, in their lives, all their achievements during the year, or if they failed, they we find out where did they missed it, take stock and continue, we still do so.

Falade Adding that "When you hear people celebrating a day you Understand that UDIROKO DAY is our (January 1). And that is why Ado people call it (OLORUNBORUN) I dont know whether you know the meaning of Olorunborun as asked by Leader Ojo Ayegbusi Ayee and Igbalajobi last week. OLORUNBORUN means when gathered to thank our God. In Yoruba language and so we say Olorunborun also mean God we honour you in heaven.

Falade noting that "We believe in God in Ado Ekiti and anyone who thinks he has God, should whorship him, in the olden days the head of the family will prepare feasts using what they have, usually it used to be Bush Meat, now you may kill goat or chichen, children would heat and wear the best clothes in those days, smokes from charcoal served as perfumes and preservatives for our cloth to prevent them from termites, so you put on your best (Dandogo, kembe) that day. Very early in the morning, we eat and feast in readiness for the evening when everybody converges on the palace.

Asiwaju Roland Further said " Even in the period of the intertribal wars, our warriors called the Elegbes led by their General, Barafon must return home with the booties of the war. One of the reason for that withdrawal from the war front of the warriors to pledge their allegiance to the throne to reaffirm that they are still loyal and to tell the Ewi their achievements and if there is anything they failed to achieve, the reasons for it and what we could do to prevent such thing from happening again and then planed for the following year.

" In the evening therefore, the Elegbes and all the other chiefs would come to pay homage, The sons and daughter of Ado Ekiti would pay homage, all these are to tell Ewi that they are still loyal. The Ewi would speak from the throne and we will all listen. There would be no response to the speech. The following day, very early in the morning we will gather, but most people don't know this, we will gather at about 6am in the morning at a part of the palace called Owaawa. The people of Ado would gather and then the Barafon will lead the people into the Owaawa, and that is the place where they will now reply the speach from the throne. They would analyse the speech and if there is anything we have to do, if there is any project to see too.

Falade who explained further on "The Udiroko Festival and its Benefits of Past  "We use the Udiroko festival to accomplish a lot of thing. By the grace of God Am Falade Adewale from Atewogboye rulling house of Ado Ekiti and am giving you my words for real: Since Ewi Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe Aladesanmi III entered the palace on December 1 1990, from the gate house, God has been using Ado Sons and Daughter to facelift the palace. During Udiroko, committee was set up, for instance in raising this office complex we raised a committee of 12 and the chairman was Aare Afe Babalola, The current Ewi told them that He have travelled all the Yoruba palace and that what we cherish here, to him are outdated and we needed to do something quick. Then the committee put head together and the first building by the right is a result of their effort. Not only palace issue, when Prof. Bodunrin was UNAD Vice Chancellor now Ekiti State University, the school had some problems with the accreditation of some of their courses. The VC Came came to the palace and intimated them of their problem with accreditation. And i dont think giving out money is the most effective way to solve all problems. Ewi prefered that Ado Should choose a project. So the Faculty of Law that you see in EKSU now, it was during UDIROKO that the Committee was set up Ado Son and Daughter got together to provide it.

"We also use the festival to update ourselves on the progress of our Sons and Daughter, wherever they are across the globe, any problem any prospect, we use the period to access them. Its also the time to celebrate our new yam which emerges in large quqntity from the Ado Ekiti Area.

"So on the following days after Udiroko, everybody now free to go to their farm to plant the early yams at around September because ours an agrarian socity, that is our main occupation and that is why in those days about the middle of May in most part of the region, we used to have new yam early and in large quantity.

"Its was during Udiroko In 1945 that Ewi of Ade Ekiti Introduced GARI to the people of Ado and Ekiti State at large

"The building of modern houses began the reign of Oba Ewi Aladesanmi II in 1948

"To crown it all, mini stadium (Best in south west) started by Oba Aladesanmi III but completed by the Executive Governor of Ekiti State Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, Ongoing Oja Oba mordern maket, Renovation of Ewi Palace and foundation laying of Ado Ekiti mega city Hall.

Udiroko Festival is not for the Ewi and his warrior called Elegbe's alone, but for everyone living in Ado Ekiti. It is an annual opportunity to rekindle peaceful coexistence and unity

Adewale Rowland Asiwaju Falade
S.A On Media
Ado Local Govt.

Babarinde Funmiso worked variously with some corporate business organisations in Lagos in various capacities as Marketing and Public Relations officer.

Babarinde Funmiso A. (JP)is a middle aged man from Yakooyo town in Ife north LG, area of Osun state with it's headquarters in  Ipetumodu.

He started his Political career about 26 years ago in the Old Oyo state during the NRC/SDP years.

He was the Ife north LG NRC party coordinator for Late Dr Abdul Jelil Amoloye, a Unilorin Lecturer from Oke Ogun, who was a leading contender in NRC for Oyo state Governorship ticket race.

BF, as he is fondly called now,  worked with Sen Bayo Salami who was then Chairman Olorunda LG,  Osogbo and later NRC osun Gubernatorial Candidate when Osun was carved out of Oyo state.

The quest for higher education led him to The Osun State Polytechnic Iree as one of the pioneer students where he read Business Studies where he emerged as the First Public Relations Officer of the First Students Union Government of the institution.

After a brilliant academic performance and acquisition of a National Diploma in his chosen field he proceeded to The great Polytechnic Ibadan for higher National Diploma and made his mark in the Students Politics by becoming the Head of NANS Senate Secretariat for the then NANS Senate President and the Students Representative member of the institution's Students disciplinary Committee (SDC).
He graduated from the department of Marketing from the institution.

Babarinde Funmiso worked variously with some corporate business organisations in Lagos in various capacities as Marketing and Public Relations officer.

He contested as an aspirant to the post of Council Chairman for Ife North LG in year 2002 under Osun state PDP.

He worked briefly as a Technologist (an academic staff) in the department of marketing, Osun state Polytechnic Iree before he was appointed Executive Assistant to the Former Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola on Students Matter during his second tenure as Governor of Osun State.

He was The Assistant State Organising Secretary of Osun state of PDP during the last State Executive led by Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa.

He is currently the CEO of Breeze Feathers Nigeria Limited, a business enterprise that deals in Marketing, Trading, Import and export, merchandise and General contractor.

As very close associate of the late Alhaji Ademola Rasaq, the then State Chairman of PDP in Osun State, BF led a group of student leaders of Osun State across the country in a subtle agitation of employment for youths in the administration of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola which eventually led to the SWC recommending him to the governor as  Executive Assistant to Governor on Student matters.

BF who hails from Yakooyo has continuously assisted his political party in defeating the opposition despite the presence of a notable figure.
Leaders from his local government has also attested to his role as a mediator between warring factions and interest groups during politicking in his home front and he has never been involved in factional politics.
He is a renowned Public affairs analyst in both National Print and Electronics media, BF is a responsible family man and a community leader, married to a seasoned banker with kids

Escapes Detention In Ekiti, Floors APC Spokesman, Says Nigerians Have Right To Wail

#Tyrants!!!

Ekiti State APC Publicity Secretary, Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun is indeed a sick man that needs spiritual help!!!

I was in my Abuja office when news filtered in that Ekiti State APC Publicity Secretary, Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun sent in a petition to the Police to arrest, prosecute and jail some PDP members attached to the governor's media team in Ekiti State. What was their offence?

* that they wrote a letter on 2nd July 2016 to Mrs. Aisha Buhari asking her to prove her innocence in the Harliburton Scandal. "Must she not prove it ni?" Fools!

* that they are fond of turning upside down Mr. President Buhari's picture. Haba! "Turning of picture upside down na offence now?" Aye n ba yin fa!

* that they ceaselessly attack the first lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari. "The numerous attacks on Dame Patience, na child's play?" Una dey craze!

Where was Mr. Taiwo Olatubosun when Usman’s blog, Abusidiqu.com was a constant thorn in the flesh of the last president GEJ and family? Was he ever harassed or arrested?

Was Olatubosun in planet pluto when APC members were constantly abusing key members of the PDP in the last administration with special reference to the ex-president and his immediate family?  Do I need to avail Olatunbosun with videos and mutilated/'reproduced' pictures of ex-president GEJ just to humiliate him?

As things are now, the APC, both at federal and state level are keen to silence the opposition. They have forgotten so fast how they deceived Nigerians via numerous propaganda etc against the previous government using this same social media.

This is the most terrible government in Nigeria where 'an agba ofifo' is the pilot steering the affairs of the country. They want us to be mute while we are all suffering, they MUST be sick! They don't want us to talk when they have turned themselves to 'Agbalowomeri', they must be insane!

I spoke with an APC chieftain who confided in me that the assumed 'Clueless GEJ' is far better than this 'Over Hyped' clown in power. Deceits all around.... Hypocrites all around deceiving the people... May God deal with all these deceitful bunch asap!


Finally, If the APC thinks the opposition can be taken out of circulation, they MUST definitely be on a 'Dreamers Island'. Let it be known to all that Freedom of speech is a right and not a privilege. Let Olatunbosun know that he's just an 'educated illiterate'! He should continue with his 'eyes service' and 'I too sabi' work. His tenure ends immediately after life span of this exco. Pure and un-diluted nuisance he is....

But for real, welcome back home my brothers. They are definitely making heroes off you guys. Let's continually make them understand that whatever has a beginning will definitely have an end. Aluta Continua, Victoria Ascerta!!!

~Mrs. Kumbi Oyeyemi Ajala

Ekiti PDP questions Buhari’s wife’s “US trip”, slams APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has said that the State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) comment on the purported visit of the Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari to the United States of America (USA) as a function of total ignorance and mischief, saying; “Even the Presidency has not told anyone that wife of the President travelled to the USA and in official communications, only ignorant and mischief makers in the APC will belief that a trip to the USA will be made by Mrs Buhari and Nigerians will only get to know about it through online media.”

The PDP, which said it would have ignored the APC and allowed those in the party to continue to wallop in their self-deceit, added that “it is only in the world of the APC that wife of the President of Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world would travel to the USA, ostensibly to debunk her involvement in a major scam and no television station will report her departure and arrival. The question is, did she travel to USA or Qatar?”

In a statement issued on Monday by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Jackson Adebayo, the party said; “If the Presidency has not been bold enough to tell Nigerians that Mrs Aisha Buhari travelled to the USA on official visit, only a party of scammers like the APC will go on the rooftops to celebrate photoshoped pictures as evidence of visit to USA.”

The party said “it is strange that wife of the President of Nigeria could travel to the USA and purportedly attended events there without international television stations like CNN, Al jazeera, BBC, Sky News etc and local stations like Channels TV, NTA, AIT and others reporting it. Or are they still ‘editing’ the video clips?”

While casting doubt at the purported trip, the PDP said: “Even if Mrs Aisha Buhari actually travelled to the USA, does that erase the fact that in the judgment delivered by the United State District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, USA, in criminal No 1: 07CR209, that indicted the USA Congressman, Williams Jefferson, it was mentioned that $170,000 was transferred from account in Nigeria in the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group, LLC, identifying William Jefferson as beneficiary?”

The statement read further; “As a party of responsible and discerning minds, the PDP in Ekiti State would have elected to ignore the APC and allow the party the freedom to advertise it idiocy. This is more so that the matter is now a subject of litigation and the no one has denied the existence of the judgment that indicted Williams Jefferson and featured conspicuously at page 22, the name of Aisha Buhari as having transferred $170,000 from account in Nigeria to William Jefferson.

“Most importantly, Nigerians have witnessed more heinous forgeries from the APC, one of them being pictorial claim that President Buhari (as APC presidential candidate then) had an interview with Kemi Fadojutimi on ‘All Eyes on Africa’ TV show in London, whereas the interview was held in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

“However, it is important to point out that from all evidences, the pictures circulated as arrival of President Buhari’s wife at Dulles International Airport, Washington DC could have been taken at the Doha International Airport, Qatar. Even on the official website of George Mason University and US Institute of Peace, USA where the president’s was said to have attended events, there is nothing to show that she attended any event in the two institutions.
“We have seen pictures of Wife of the Senate President, Toyin Saraki with President Barrack Obama’s wife, Michelle. We also saw pictures of Mrs Patience Jonathan with Michelle Obama when she visited the USA. Where are Aisha Buhari’s pictures with the First Lady of USA and major government officials from the country? Or could she have arrived and departed from the USA like a spirit?”

“It is even more important that nothing official has been said about the purported trip. Not from the President’s spokespersons.”

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has described the state governor, Ayo Fayose as a man who lacks integrity.

The party said the trip by the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari to the United States of America, US, has exposed that Fayose goofed by linking Mrs. Buhari with the Halliburton scandal.

Fayose had earlier claimed that Mrs. Buhari dared not travel to the US because she would be arrested for her involvement in the scandal.



But APC spokesman, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement said the visit of the President’s wife to America last week has exposed the governor as a “liar.”

He said the President’s wife did not only visit America, but also met with the United States government’s top leaders, United Nation’s officials and several NGOs that promised her cash and materials in aid of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the North East.

The party maintained that Ekiti people did not deserve a leader without respect among Nigerians over his indecent conduct, including recklessly telling lies, as well as other unbecoming behaviours that were disgraceful to the integrity of the people of Ekiti State.

Halliburton: Fayose’s lawyer replies Buhari’s wife, justifies claim of her involvement

Counsel to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has replied the wife of President Mohammadu Buhari, Mrs Aisha Buhari through her counsel, Mary Ekpere & Co, justifying the governor’s claim that Mrs Aisha Buhari was indeed mentioned in the Halliburton scandal.

In the letter dated July 8, 2016, Ozekhome affirmed that the statement made regarding the involvement of Mrs Aisha Buhari in the Halliburton scandal was “correct and justified in law, having regards to a court judgment convicting one Mr William Jefferson for bribery in the Halliburton case.”

Counsel to the president’s wife, Mary Ekpere & Co had written a letter dated June 22, 2016, to Governor Fayose, demanding a retraction of the governor’s statement that the President’s wife was involved in the Halliburton scandal, threatening legal action if the retraction was not made within five days.

However, Ozekhome said the statement of Governor Fayose was correct and justified, having been factually premised on an existing court judgment.

The letter read; “Our client has referred to us your letter dated 22nd June, 2016, on alleged defamation of the character of your client , Her Excellency, Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, with firm instructions to reply to and reject same in its entirety.

“Our client states and reaffirms categorically that the statement he made as regards the involvement of Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Buhari, in the Halliburton scandal, is correct and justified in law; having regards to a court judgement convicting one Mr William Jefferson for bribery in the Halliburton case.

“Therein, the name of the President’s wife featured conspicuously. At page 22 of the said judgment delivered by the United State District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, USA, in criminal No 1: 07CR209, the said Mr William Jefferson was sentenced at 9.00 am on November 13, 2009, by Mark D, Lytle. Your client, Mrs Aisha Buhari was specifically mentioned in the judgment. The judge referred to Exhibits 36-87 in the following words, for clarification;

“See also Government Exhibits 36-87 (6/26/02 $170,000 wire transfer from account in Nigeria in the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group, LLC, identifying “William Jefferson” as Beneficiary)… Given the age of the defendant, the severity of the sentence calculated by the Probation Office, the defendant’s frequent travel overseas and unexplained wire transfers from overseas locations to financial accounts used by the defendant, the defendant cannot rebut the presumption at sentencing that he is a risk of flight.

“The said Williams Jefferson is currently serving a jail term in the USA and to the best of our client’s knowledge; this judgment has not been challenged, or set aside by any Appellate court of law anywhere in the world.

“The statement of His Excellency, our client, is therefore correct and justified, same having been factually premised on an existing court judgment above referred to.”
On the immunity enjoyed by Governor Fayose against civil and criminal proceedings, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria said; “Your attention is also hereby drawn to Section 308 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as altered, on the immunity enjoyed by our client from civil or criminal proceedings for the period that he occupies the office of the governor of Ekiti State.

“You may therefore advise your client to wait until after 16th October, 2018, when our client’s tenure expires. When that happens, we shall join issues with your client in a competent court of law, in the event that your client does not have a change of heart.”