EFCC detains 16 Kwara LG chairmen over misappropriation

Date: 2019-11-01

The Embattled Sixteen Local Government Chairmen of Kwara State are presently being interrogated by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of part of N4 billion Naira Loan and ten percent of state internally generated revenue.

The Local Government Chairmen include, Risikat Opakunle, Saidu Yaru Musa, Umar Belle, Ayeni Dallas, Fatai Adeniyi Garba, Lah Abdulmumeen, Raliat Funmi Salau, Aminat Omodara, Muyiwa Oladipo.

Others are, Oladipo Omole, Abdullahi Abubakar Bata, Saka Eleyele, Lateef Gbadamosi, Oni Adebayo Joseph, Omokanye Joshua Olatunji and Jibril Salihu.

It was gathered that the Council Chiefs after securing the controversial loans held a meeting and decided that one hundred million naira be shared among themselves.

The Suspects had on the 7th of February 2018 wrote a N4billion naira loan request to the Ilorin Sterling Bank Manager in order to pay the Salary Arrears to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Teachers, Local Government Staff and the Local Government Pensioners while the provisions for one hundred million for Council Chairmen was not appropriated in the loan request.

The embattled politician were also accused of diverting monthly ten percent of the internally generated revenue for their personal use which was paid directly into their personal accounts against the Financial Regulations.

All the suspects while undergoing interrogation by the operatives of the commission admitted that one hundred million naira was shared from the loan and also received ten percent of the internally generated revenue.

They are pleading with the EFCC to give them time to pay back what they benefited from government’s money.

As at the time of filing this report, they are still in the Custody of the EFCC and be charged to Court.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Islamic Development Bank     Shuaib Olarongbe     Dagbalodo     Segun Ogunsola     Gbenga Awoyale     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Shonga     Olaiya Lawal     Kwara State Fire Service     Dele Belgore     IYA ALFA NLA     Olatunji Ibrahim     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Femi Ogunsola     Shuaibu Yaman     Elerinjare     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Nigerian Medical Association     John Dara     Aremu Odolaye     NURTW     Alore     Jelili Yusuf     Saeedat Aliyu     Bukola Saraki     Iponrin     Segun Olawoyin     Ahmed \'Lateef     Balogun Ajikobi     Akanbi-Oke     ASMAU PLAZA     GGDSS Pakata     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Charles Ibitoye     Funmilayo Zubair     Emir Of Kano     Vasolar Consultoria     Pilgrims Board     Ajuloopin     MINILS     Michael Nzekwe     Ayo Opadokun     Smart School     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     VADA     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Baba Idris     CLAY POT     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Saliu Alamoyo     Taofik Abdulkareem     Donatus Ejidike     Wahab Issa     Lateef Alagbonsi     Dauda Adesola     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Aliyu Adebayo     Afolayan     Suleman Abubakar     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Babaloja-General     Henry Makinwa     First Lady     Raji AbdulRasaq     Kwara Metro Park     KWASSIP     Zara Umar     Matthew Babaoye     Amoyo     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Computer Based Test     Wahab Agbaje    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Opobiyi     Tafida     Kwara Polytechnic     Al-Adaby     Eghe Igbinehi     Matthew Okedare     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Kamoru Kadiri     Amuda Bembe     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Hassan Taiye Salam     GGDSS Pakata     Yusuf A. Usman     Joseph Bamigboye     Saraki     Mogaji Aare     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Omar Gambari     Hijaab     Bolakale Ayo     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Tunji Ajanaku     Valsolar Consortium     Rafiu Ajakaye     Trader Moni     Ubandoma     Abdulfatai Baakini     Mary Arinde     Kwara Central     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Alliance For Democracy     Agboola Abdulraheem     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Radio SBS     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Kayode Laro     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Mamman Saba Jibril     Tunde Yusuf     Hajj     Muhammed Abdullahi     Obuh     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Oke-Ogun     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Asa LGEA School     Jaiz Bank     Adama Isa     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Salihu Yahaya     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Kaiama     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Egbewole     Saad Omo Iya     CACOVID     NIPR     Omupo     Shururat Olatinwo     Abdulhakeem Amao     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Isiaq Khadeejah     Olusola Saraki     Kayode Ishola     Ayobami Seriki     BECE     Laolu Saraki     Plat Technologies Limited     Tsaragi-Share