The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) has arrested Sulaiman Ishola, accountant-general of Kwara
state, for allegedly setting aside N1.5 billion for vote buying.
A source at the commission
disclosed this to TheCable on Friday evening.
In a report, the commission
listed Nurudeen Banu, commissioner for finance, and Yusuf Abdulkadir,
commissioner for water resources, alongside some top officials of the state
government that were rested.
“Those arrested and currently
being interrogated in respect of the suspicious withdrawal include:
Commissioner for Finance, Nurudeen Banu; Accountant General, Sulaiman Ishola;
Commissioner for Water Resources, Yusuf Abdulkadir; Head of Service, Susan
Modupe Oluwole; Special Adviser, Commissioner for Energy, Eleja Taiwo Banu;
Chief of Staff, Abdulwahab Yusuf; officials of the Secretary to the State
Government, and those of the Government House,” it said.
“Investigations by EFCC
operatives revealed that the said money was withdrawn from the state’s account
domiciled with Sterling Bank.”
The report said the withdrawals
were uncovered after operatives acted on a petition by a non-governmental
organisation, the Kwara Coalition for Good Governance and Accountability,
asking for the probe of over N1bn loan that the government secured from a bank
a few days before the general elections.
Hassan Omoiya, secretary general
of the organisation, noted that intelligence had it that the state government
obtained the loan on February 13 from a bank, using the remittance of Kwara
State VAT allocation due in February and March 2019 as collateral.
Earlier, the commission announced
the arrest of Uzoho Casmir, accountant-general of Imo, who allegedly laundered
N1 billion for Rochas Okorocha, the governor.
The commission said the money was
meant for inducing voters during the state assembly and governorship elections.
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