EFCC detains 16 Kwara LG chairmen over misappropriation
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.
Monthly Sanitation Folashade Omoniyi GANZY Bola Olukoju Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory Temi Kolawole Dasuki Belgore Abdulrazaq Sanni Ramadhan Saka Isau ITEM 7 Babs Iwarere Kwara Volleyball Association Ayo Opadokun Mamman Saba Jibril Adebayo Salami Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Ebola Sabi Mutawali Yahaya Dumoye Ronke Adeyemi Bolakale Ayo David Adesina John Dara Cassava Growers\' Association Ibrahim Abdullahi Aliyu Umar Demola Banu Christian Association Of Nigeria Aliyu U. Tilde Adesoye Titus Suberu-Ajibola Ajidagba Surajudeen Akanbi Lanre Olosunde Hakeem Lawal SWAN Kabir Shagaya Budo-Egba Grillo Suleman Abubakar Young Progressives Party Bamidele Aluko Ademola Kiyesola Amosa Laduba IPSAS Elelu Nupe Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja Bello Abubakar Emir Of Yashikira Apado YAKOOYO Saka Abimbola Isau CCB AbdulQowiy Olododo Olaiya Victor Mobolaji Riskat Opakunle Kwara Metro Park Sheikh Ariyibi Muhammed Akanbi Medview Airlines Islamic Development Bank Oba Abu Iponrin Suleiman Mora Omar Ahman Patigi Bashir Adigun Hussein Olokooba Tsaragi-Share Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan Ajibola Ademola Julius Noah Yusuf Onikijipa Hakeem Idris

