Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, stated ths state government’s position at the presentation of awards to senior journalists that participated in the Governor Yaya Bello, GYB, Essay Competition for Nigeria’s Political and Crime Editors in Lagos.
Fanwo added that it was unfortunate that the commission chose to believe allegations that it fixed N19 billion out of the money in a new generation bank.
Fanwo declared that the state government would address the media after receiving the Certified True Copy of the judgment.
The money, which was meant for the payment of Kogi workers, was alleged to have been domiciled in an interest-yielding account with the bank by officials of the state government.
Pinheiro listed six grounds upon which the judge granted the prayer, adding that “the EFCC is a responsible body”.
One of the grounds was that questions resulting in the commencement of the suit had been clarified, and an intention had been shown to return the sum of N19,333,333,333.36 to the Central Bank of Nigeria.