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.

Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Laolu Saraki     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Admiralty Villa     Labour Party     Oye Tinuoye     Bilikisu Gambari     ITP     GGDSS Pakata     Matthew Okedare     Bolakale Ayo     Pius Abioje     March 28     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Amada Jidda     Bio Ibrahim     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Offa Poly     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Amuda Bembe     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Saliu Oluwole     Edret Sabi Abel     AbdulRahman Saad     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Baba Idris     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Flights To Ilorin     Code Of Conduct     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Lanre Aremu     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Firdaos Amasa     Igbaja     Yusuf Ali     AGILE Programme     GANZY     IDPU     Olushola Saraki     Funmilayo Braithwaite     HICA     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Sanitation Exercise     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Bond     Aliyu Muhammed     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Towoju     Kamaldeen Gambari     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Oro Grammar School     Chief Of Staff     Minimum Wage     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Emir Of Ilorin     Kwara North     Danhawa     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Amos Bajeh     Magaji Are     2017 Budget     Ilofa     Noah Yusuf     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     PharmAccess Foundation     Hamid Bobboyi     Saadu Alanamu     Read With Me     Gbugbu International Market     Ola Falade     Samuel Adedoyin     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ilorin Central Mosque     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Kale Ayo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Adamu Atta     Yinka Aluko     Okoolowo     Kayode Laro     Abubakar Ndakene     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Adanla-Irese     Ilesha-Gwanara     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ohoro Of Shao     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Christopher Odetunde     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Emir Of Lafiagi     Shuaib Olarongbe     CLAY POT     Shuaib Jawondo     Kwara Restoration Project     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Col. Taiwo     Saka Aleshinloye     Congress For National Consensus     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Cornelius Adebayo     Bola Olukoju     Bond     Isiaka Alikinla     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Ibrahim Abiodun     Alabere     Assayomo     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Umar Gunu     Ilorin South     COEASU     Kayode Yusuf     Ilorin General Hospital     Oju Ekun Sarumi     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Kwara North     Ahmed \'Lateef     Ijakadi     Idris Garba     Oni Adebayo     Ahman Patigi     Sobi FM     Principal Private Secretary     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Aliyu Adebayo     Toyin Saraki     Olushola Saraki     Ogidi-Oloje     Wasiu Onidugbe     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Arik     Olatunji Moronfoye     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Sadiq Umar     NaAllah     Sunday Otokiti     Tuesday Assayomo     Tafidan Kaiama     Igbomina     Ajasse-Ipo     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Suleman Abubakar     Saka Adeyemo     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Gbemi Saraki     Garment Factory     Cassava Growers\' Association     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Samari