The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal office, on Tuesday reportedly invited some officials of Ogun State government in connection with an ongoing investigation.
The Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to newsmen on Wednesday in a telephone chat.
Oyewale said, ”I just called our Ibadan Zonal office, and it was confirmed that some officials of the state government were invited for a chat in respect of an ongoing investigation, and they have since gone back to their state. Nobody was detained”.
Asked to confirm the status of those that were invited by the anti-graft agency, Oyewale said, “I can only tell you that they were officials of Ogun State government, and it was in connection of an ongoing investigation, it’s not more than that”.
Meanwhile, it was reliably gathered that those invited were the State Accountant General, Mr Tunde Aregbesola, and four other officials of the government.
The invitation was said to be in connection with a petition written by the former Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Wale Adedayo, last August alleging Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting about N10.8 billion meant for the 20 local governments in the state.
The top government official said, “It is true that the Accountant General and some officials of the state government were invited by the EFCC on Tuesday. I learnt it was about the finances of the state government, but I don’t know which of them”.
Recall that Adedayo had written what was supposed to be a private letter to a former governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba, last August, accusing Governor Abiodun of diverting about N10.8bn meant for the development of the council areas.
Adedayo had also forwarded a petition to the EFCC calling for investigation of the state government for this financial infraction.
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