- Owoseni Ajayi petitioned Governor Ayodele Fayose demanding for N600m legal fee
- Ajayi said Fayose owed him for thirteen high profile cases
- He was Fayose's personal lawyer before he was appointed Attorney General and commissioner for justice in Ekiti
Owoseni Ajayi, a personal lawyer to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has written a petition to the governor demanding he be paid his outstanding fee amounting to the sum of N600million.
Ajayi was the personal lawyer of Fayose for many years before he was appointed Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice twice
The Nation reports that Ajayi listed thirteen high profile cases handled for the governor which had not been paid for.
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Some of the cases listed are:
1. A defamation case: Ayo Fayose v Independent Communications Network Limited with suit number HAD/8/2004 and the appeal case emanating from the same suit marked CA/AE/58/2010.
2. Federal Republic of Nigeria v Ayo Fayose with charge number FHC/C/179C/2006 which was a criminal case heard both in Lagos and Ado-Ekiti Federal High Courts until he (Fayose) was discharged and acquitted in October 2014 in which Ajayi appeared in all the cases.
3. Peter Ayodele Fayose v Comptroller General of Prisons Suit Number: FHC/AK/CS/08/2008, which was about Fayose’s ‘controversial’ release from Ikoyi Prisons to face murder charge in Ekiti.
4. Peter Ayodele Fayose v EFCC appeal marked CA/I/144/2011,
5. Peter Ayodele Fayose v the State marked HAD/16/2007 to stop his arraignment for murder by the Segun Oni administration,
6. The appeal case that arose from Fayose v the State marked CA/14C14/2007
7. The Supreme Court that emanated from the appeal case still pending marked SC449/2011
8. Peter Ayodele Fayose v EFCC and Inspector General of Police with Suit No: FHC/A14CS/85/2006 following his illegal removal from office and the appeal case that followed it
9. IGP & AG Federation v Peter Ayodele Fayose marked CA/B/44/2007
10. E-Eleven v Peter Ayodele Fayose and 2 Ors
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Ajayi said he made a moderate demand of a sum of N600 million at the rate of N50 million per each of the cases
Ajayi said: “You will recall that you never paid our chamber, Owoseni Ajayi & Associates for the services rendered throughout the time because of your financial incapacitation despite numerous demands because you were already out of office at the material time
“It should be stressed that we never acted free because we are legal practitioners working for our legal fee nor offered you “pro bono” service because you were not a pauper to be qualified for such a service.
“We merely showed understanding up till now because of the prevalent circumstances verily known to you. And now that you have served another term as Governor of Ekiti state, you are financially strong enough to pay the said sum as demanded.
“Sir, you will agree with us that a labourer deserves his wages. We thank you for your patronage and we also deserve commendation for having discharged our professional responsibility with diligence and without compromise.
“And also for saving Your Excellency from several legal embarrassments.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com earlier reported that Governor Fayose wrote a letter to the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) over the investigation about him. Fayose disclosed this on his Twitter feed on Tuesday, September 18.
Recall that the governor had recently written the anti graft agency intimating them of his plans to come and submit himself for investigation immediately he leaves office.
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Source: Naija.ng