EFCC Detains Four Officials Of Ondo Assembly |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) has taken into custody four persons from Ondo State House of Assembly, (ODHA).

This is just as investigations into an alleged financial misappropriation against some workers continue  The leadership of the Assembly  denies any fraud.

In EFCC’s custody presently are the Clerk of the of Assembly, Bode Aladeyelu, a lawmaker, Mr Felemugudu Bankole and two civil servants.

Sources disclosed that they have been detained since last Thursday.

Also detained are two civil servants, Olusegun Kayode Oyadeji and OJ. Afolabi.

Their detention is said to be in connection with a seminar, which never held in Lagos, but money was already, allegedly, released to that effect.

The Clerk, the Deputy Speaker, the committee Chairman of the House on Tertiary Education and two members of the committee were scheduled to attend the seminar.

The fund released by the state Ministry of finance amounted to N2.4million which was, allegedly, diverted to private pockets.

A source in the Assembly said that the alleged persons responded to the invitation of the Anti-graft agency and they were subsequently detained.