Hon. Ogundeji: How Ondo speaker Oleyelogun, 2 others stole N2.4m
Michael Adesina
Hon. Iroju Ogundeji, on Thursday, urged Ondo Tell Excessive Court how he stumbled on that the sum of N2.4million used to be collected and diverted by the Speaker of Ondo Tell Home of Assembly, Hon. Oleyelogun David Bamidele, and two others.
The 2 others are Hon. Felemu Gudubamikole, chairman of Home Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Oyadeji Oludeji, Secretary to the Home Committee on Tertiary Institutions.
Ogundeji, whereas speaking earlier than Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye, said he stumbled on that the sum of N2.4million used to be collected on his behalf and contributors of the Home Committee on Tertiary Establishment to back a workshop in Lagos which he used to be no longer attentive to.
Ogundeji, who used to be the predominant leer of the EFCC, added that after he stumbled on it, he met with the Speaker and requested him to refund the cash to authorities.
‘I requested him to drag and refund the cash back to authorities treasury as I’d no longer need my place of job name to be outdated school to defraud authorities. After a whole lot of months, I did no longer peek any proof of the cash paid back. I wrote personally to him telling him to pay back the cash to authorities,” he urged the court docket.
The prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Audu tendered paperwork for the open of the fund which had been admitted as notice.
The defence counsel, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori also crossed examined PW1.
Justice Adebusoye adjourned the case till July 25 and 26, for continuation of trial.
The trio had been arraigned by the Benin Zonal Characterize of the EFCC on a two count price bordering on conspiracy and utilizing their place of job to confer substandard or unfair advantage upon themselves.
Oleyelogun, Gudubankole and Kayode are supposed to possess conspired amongst themselves to have interaction in substandard practices by receiving and conserving the sum of N2,440,000.00 which used to be meant to be outdated school to back a seminar which they by no components attended.
Surely one of many counts learn: “that you Hon. Felemu Gudubankole whilst being the Chairman, dwelling committee on tertiary establishment, Ondo Tell Home of Assembly, Hon.Oleyelogun David Bamidele whilst being a member of Ondo Tell Home of Assembly and Oyadeji Oludeji being the Secretary to the Home Committee on Tertiary Institutions, Ondo Tell Home of Assembly on or about the 18th June 2020 in Akure, Ondo Tell contained in the jurisdiction of this honourable Court did expend your place of job to confer substandard or unfair advantage to yourselves to wit: by receiving and conserving the sum of N2,440,000 (Two million, Four Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) from the Ondo Tell Govt meant to be outdated school to back a two-day seminar organised by Nationwide Productiveness Centre on Improving Productiveness in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria which you did no longer back”.
