The Deputy Speaker of Lagos State House of
Assembly, Mr. Kolawole Taiwo, and four other principal officials were on
Tuesday guests of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in
Abuja.
Asource in the commission said the four principal officers – Rotimi Abiru, Ajibayo Adeyeye, Abdulrasaq Balogun and Lola Akande – were interrogated by a team of EFCC operatives at about 10.00am at its headquatres.
Details of their arrest were still sketchy as at press time.
A source close to the ant-graft agency said that Taiwo’s interrogation as well as other four principal officers, was part of the commission’s efforts at getting to the root of the alleged fraud.
It was not clear as at 7.15pm last night whether the officers would be detained by the EFCC as they were still being questioned.
When contacted, EFCC’s Head (Media and Publicity), Mr. Femi Babafemi, confirmed the interrogation of the lawmakers but refused to explain further.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji was about a fortnight ago, picked by operatives of the commission over alleged misappropriation of N7bn.
His arrest was said to have been sequel to a petition written against him by a civil rights group, Kick Against Corruption and Anti-corruption Vanguard, alleging that the speaker mismanaged N7bn running cost in 12 months.
In the petition purportedly signed by one Mr. Olawale Williams, KAK had, among other things, alleged that the lawmaker diverted the money and laundered it abroad through an automobile firm, Brown Motors, allegedly owned by him.
Both Ikuforiji and the members of the House of Assembly had faulted the allegation.
The lawmakers wondered how much the Assembly had collected in the past one year for the Speaker to be able to mismanage N7bn.
By Friday Olokor, Abuja Courtesy Of: Punch
Asource in the commission said the four principal officers – Rotimi Abiru, Ajibayo Adeyeye, Abdulrasaq Balogun and Lola Akande – were interrogated by a team of EFCC operatives at about 10.00am at its headquatres.
Details of their arrest were still sketchy as at press time.
A source close to the ant-graft agency said that Taiwo’s interrogation as well as other four principal officers, was part of the commission’s efforts at getting to the root of the alleged fraud.
It was not clear as at 7.15pm last night whether the officers would be detained by the EFCC as they were still being questioned.
When contacted, EFCC’s Head (Media and Publicity), Mr. Femi Babafemi, confirmed the interrogation of the lawmakers but refused to explain further.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji was about a fortnight ago, picked by operatives of the commission over alleged misappropriation of N7bn.
His arrest was said to have been sequel to a petition written against him by a civil rights group, Kick Against Corruption and Anti-corruption Vanguard, alleging that the speaker mismanaged N7bn running cost in 12 months.
In the petition purportedly signed by one Mr. Olawale Williams, KAK had, among other things, alleged that the lawmaker diverted the money and laundered it abroad through an automobile firm, Brown Motors, allegedly owned by him.
Both Ikuforiji and the members of the House of Assembly had faulted the allegation.
The lawmakers wondered how much the Assembly had collected in the past one year for the Speaker to be able to mismanage N7bn.
By Friday Olokor, Abuja Courtesy Of: Punch
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