EFCC arrests Kwara director for alleged fraudulent sale of plots of land
Sanni was also accused of converting some landed property belonging to the state for his personal use.
The said properties are located in Harmony Reserved Area of Ilorin, the state capital and Galadima area of Abuja.
Ilorin zonal office of the EFCC effected the arrest of the executive director.
Others involved in the controversial land purchase include, a close friend of the immediate past Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Commodore J.A Taiwo (rtd) and former People’s Democratic Party chairman in the state, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani.
Other beneficiaries who are still under the investigations of the EFCC are Alhaji Isiaka Oniwa, Alhaji Jimoh Oniwa, Mrs Olapeju Fausat Ogunlade.
It was alleged that Mr. Sanni and the retired naval officer who were said to be classmates of Alhaji Ahmed converted some of the state government property located in Ilorin and Abuja to their personal use.
It was gathered that the retired military chief was allocated three plots in Harmony Reserved Area Estates in Ilorin and five plots in Galadima area of Abuja without paying a dime to the government.
The state executive director was said to have allocated five plots of land in Ilorin and Abuja to himself without following due process.
It was also gathered that the commission discovered that properties belonging to the state were converted and allocated to highly placed individuals, selected businessmen and women and political associates who closed to the then government without following the due process.
It was also gathered that some of the beneficiaries who were grilled for several hours by the operatives of the commission had started paying their monies while others promised to pay before the end of this Week.
The operatives of the anti graft body had gathered intelligence reports that some of the properties (both movable and immovable) belonging to the state government were diverted and shared by highly placed individuals between 2013 and now which led to the arrest of the suspects.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Oro Grammar School Elekoyangan Harrison Osauwagboe SWAN Ishola Abdullahi Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Iqra Books Kayode Oyin-Zubair Mufutau Olatinwo Oya State FERMA Congress For National Consensus Abdulwaheed Musa Jamila Bio Ibrahim Jimba Babatunde Saka Asiat Ayinke Salman Suleiman Olaoye B. Felix TESCOM Adaramaja Oyun Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Yusuf Arowosaye Mary Arinde Rebecca Bake Village Alive Development Association JUSUN Funmilayo Braithwaite March 28 Michael Nzwekwe David Oyepinola Adedumoye Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory MAI Akande Shettima Mamatu Abdullahi Alfa Yahaya Road Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye Mumini Ishola Hanafi Olaiya Zuberu LABTOP Rashidi Yekini Salihu Ajibola Ajia Muhammad Ghali Alaaya Afolayan Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo HYPPADEC Ibrahim Oloriegbe Abdulrasheed Akogun Adegoke Bamidele Paul Olawoore Funmi Salau Odo-Owa Coalition Of Kwara North Groups Kabir Shagaya Chemiroy Nigeria Limited Olufolake Abdulrazaq Okanlawon Musa Okin Biscuit IHS ER-KANG Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Yusuf Zulu-Gambari Olatunji Moronfoye Kwabes Hassanat Bello Idowu Aremu Hikmah AbdulKareem Patigi Regatta Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir Ekiti Kumbi Titiloye Jalala Erubu Oba Zubair Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq