BREAKING: EFCC Arrests Ogun State Speaker at Airport
By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, at Muritala Muhammad Airport in Lagos State.
According to reports, Oluomo was arrested on allegations of committing financial crimes.
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According to assembly staff who requested anonymity, the speaker was picked up this morning at Murtala Mohammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, by operatives acting on a tip.
The source said Oluomo is being questioned further in the agency’s custody.
He was said to have been on the wanted list of the commission following his failure to honour EFCC invitation several times.
He and some others were accused of forging signatures and financial documents of the assembly.
At the press time, there is no reaction on the development by the EFCC.