OGUN SPEAKER, OLUOMO, AND TWO OTHERS IN THE EFCC CELL ON N300 MILLION BAIL
Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, and two others were remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State over alleged N2,475 billion money laundering.
Justice Daniel Osiagor ordered that they be remanded in the EFCC's custody for one week, and that if they failed to meet the bail condition, they would be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service.
The EFCC arrested the Speaker on Tuesday for alleged money laundering of N2.475 billion. Oluomo was arraigned alongside three others, Oladayo Samuel, Adeyemo Adedeji Taiwo, and Adeyanju Amoke (all of whom are still at large), on 11 counts of conspiracy, forgery, stealing, and money laundering.
The defendants committed the alleged crimes between 2014 and 2022, according to EFCC prosecuting counsel Rotimi Oyedepo. He stated that the incident occurred in Ogun State. Oyedepo testified in court that they allegedly stole N2.475 billion from the treasury of the Ogun State House of Assembly.
The defendants pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them. On Tuesday, Mr Kehinde Ogunwunmiju, SAN, appeared for the first defendant, Akinyemi Aremu for the second defendant, and Oluwole Aladedoye for the third defendant. Rotimi Oyedepo, the EFFC's Lagos Head of Legal Monitoring Unit, filed the charge on September 1 at the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Commission stated that it intended to call at least ten witnesses and to tender documents and exhibits.
Adamu Usman Yusuf, Otitoju Moses Kolawale, Yazid Ahmad Bawa, Anyanwu Bright, Adekunbi Mojibola, Munkaila Huzaifa, and Idowu Oluseyi Olarenwaju are among the witnesses. Others include Ashkash Nigeria Limited representatives and Obasanjo Holdings Limited (managers of the company).
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