A candidate in the forthcoming elections vying for
the position of the House of Representatives has been arrested by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According
to Nigerian Pilot, the House of representative candidate on the
platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Miss Oluwametomi
Adetokunbo Adisa was arrested on Thursday for allegedly obtaining the
sum of N142, 029,000 (one hundred and forty- two million, twenty-nine
thousand naira) from a businessman, identified as Alhaji Isa Bello,
under false pretence.
It was gathered that the 37-year-old politician allegedly obtained building materials worth the amount from the plaintiff, in the guise of servicing a supply contract she had with a construction company.
It was learnt that the materials include: 9, 900 bags of cement, 381 tons of imported iron rods and 468 tons of local iron rods.
The plaintiff told the anti-graft agency that Adisa, however, paid an initial deposit of N40, 000, 000 (forty million naira) and issued two post-dated cheques that amounted to N102, 029, 000 (one Hundred and two million, twenty- nine thousand naira), but were later returned unpaid.
Bello further revealed to the anti-graft watchdog that all efforts to make Adisa pay up the balance proved abortive.
Meanwhile, the House of representative candidate is expected to be charged to court soon.
The EFCC that was set up to hunt down corrupt public officials and politicians seems to have been clouded with sentiments of late. The anti-graft agency is believed to have been compromised and used as a tool by the incumbent to clamp down on wanting politicians, especially members of the opposition parties.
Officials of the EFCC
It was gathered that the 37-year-old politician allegedly obtained building materials worth the amount from the plaintiff, in the guise of servicing a supply contract she had with a construction company.
It was learnt that the materials include: 9, 900 bags of cement, 381 tons of imported iron rods and 468 tons of local iron rods.
The plaintiff told the anti-graft agency that Adisa, however, paid an initial deposit of N40, 000, 000 (forty million naira) and issued two post-dated cheques that amounted to N102, 029, 000 (one Hundred and two million, twenty- nine thousand naira), but were later returned unpaid.
Bello further revealed to the anti-graft watchdog that all efforts to make Adisa pay up the balance proved abortive.
Meanwhile, the House of representative candidate is expected to be charged to court soon.
The EFCC that was set up to hunt down corrupt public officials and politicians seems to have been clouded with sentiments of late. The anti-graft agency is believed to have been compromised and used as a tool by the incumbent to clamp down on wanting politicians, especially members of the opposition parties.
President Goodluck Jonathan recently ordered the EFCC to secretly examine the personal and official finances of the leaders of the main opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC), after the presidential candidate of the APC,Gen. Muhammadu Buhari recently cried that the EFCC is corrupt and finds itself under President Jonathan’s rule.
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