EFCC ARRAIGNS ONDO SPEAKER OVER FRAUD ALLEGATION
Written by Samson Ojeniran on November 30, 2021
The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyelogun has been arraigned before an Ondo high Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegation of fraud.
The EFCC had in March 2021 questioned the Speaker over an allegation of fraud that allegedly rocked the Assembly.
The anti-graft agency also detained the Clerk of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bode Adeyelu and three others staff for alleged N2.4 million seminar fraud.
The trial did not however hold due to the absence of the counsel to the EFCC.
The Speaker arrived at the premises of the court located inside the correctional centre in Olokuta at around ten o’clock in the morning on Tuesday.
