The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun has been invited for questioning over an allegation of fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Oleyelogun alongside the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu, the Deputy Clerk, Mr Amos Olowogorioye, and the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, Mr Felemugudu Bankole were all invited following allegation of fraud that rocked the Assembly recently.
According to a source in the Assembly, the fraud was allegedly committed in 2019 when the lawmakers were said to have attended a two-day seminar organised by the National Productivity Centre, Lagos and it was later discovered that they did not attend the said seminar.
“A document in the Assembly shows that the seminar was aimed at institutional productivity, consciousness and excellence in service among workers and organisations in both public and private sectors, to accord workers and organisations the platform in achieving high productivity as well as giving impetus to the seminar in charting the pathway in revitalising the educational sector.
“However, it was discovered that there was no such seminar organised, thereby the money released by the state Ministry of Finance amounting to N2.4m went to the private pockets”, the source said.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Mr Gbenga Omole, has however, denied the invitation, saying nobody was arrested or invited by the anti-graft agency.
“As far as I know it is not true that the speaker was invited by the EFCC”, Omole said.
