Oyo civil servant bags one-year imprisonment over alleged fraud
Chief Magistrate Court 1, Iwo-Road Ibadan, presided over by Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran, on Friday, convicted one Adeleke Ronke Mary of the Oyo State
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Chief Magistrate Court 1, Iwo-Road Ibadan, presided over by Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran, on Friday, convicted one Adeleke Ronke Mary of the Oyo State
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) has said it is currently investigating the fraudulent disappearance of N4.8 billion from the state government accounts. The Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Eni Esan, who disclosed this information on Friday in Ibadan, said the missing money was purportedly given to contractors in 2018 to execute some contracts in the state. The governor of the state at the time was the late Abiola Ajimobi. The former governor died from multiple organ failure following complications from COVID-19 infection in June 2020.
The fraud was allegedly perpetrated by some individuals at the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA).
The chairman added that the agency also recovered some amount of money paid to some staff of Lagelu Local Government...
"If we have whistleblowers participating with us, we will recover more money for the state.”