The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has invited for questioning the Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, over an allegation of fraud that allegedly rocked the Assembly recently.
Besides
the speaker, it was gathered that the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu,
and the Deputy Clerk, Mr Amos Olowogorioye, and the Chairman, House Committee
on Tertiary Education, Mr Felemugudu Bankole, and some civil servants were
invited by the anti-graft agency.
A
source in the Assembly stated the fraud was allegedly committed in 2019 when
the lawmakers were said to have attended a two-day seminar organised by the
National Productivity Centre, Lagos and it was later discovered that they did
not attend the said seminar.
According
to the source, the alleged pseudo-seminar was slated for Wednesday and
Thursday, December 11 and 12, 2019.
The
source said, “A document in the Assembly shows that the seminar was aimed at
institutional productivity, consciousness and excellence in service among
workers and organisations in both public and private sectors, to accord workers
and organisations the platform in achieving high productivity as well as giving
impetus to the seminar in charting the pathway in revitalising the educational
sector.
“However,
it was discovered that there was no such seminar organised, thereby the money
released by the state Ministry of Finance amounting to N2.4m went to the
private pockets.”
However,
the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Mr Gbenga Omole, denied the
invitation, saying nobody was arrested or invited by the EFCC.
He
said, “As far as I know it is not true that the speaker was invited by the
EFCC.”
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