EFCC QUESTIONS OGUN OFFICIALS OVER GOVERNMENT FUNDS

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The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reportedly summoned some Ogun State government officials on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation.

Dele Oyewale, the Head of Media and Publicity for the EFCC, confirmed this development on Wednesday.

‘’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 also detained,” Oyewale said.

Asked to confirm that those invited were indeed Ogun State officials, the EFCC spokesman said, “I can only tell you that they are officials of the Ogun State government and it was in connection with an ongoing investigation. It’s not more than that.”

But when contacted, Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Kayode Akinmade, said, “I am currently out of town, so I am not aware of what you are talking about but in any case, anyone can write petition but that doesn’t mean that what you have written is the truth. The EFCC can also invite anyone but that doesn’t mean such a person has been indicted.”

According to a source, five government officials were questioned.

Their summoning was based on a petition submitted by Wale Adedayo, the former Chairman of the Ijebu East Local Government Area.