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ICPC QUIZZES KOSOFE LG CHAIRMAN, OFFICIALS OVER ALLEGED N1BILLION CONTRACT SCAM

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  CapitalTimesNews / 4 weeks
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has invited the Chairman of Kosofe Local Government Area in Lagos State, Moyosore Adedoyin Ogunlewe, and some supervisors in the council over alleged misappropriation of billions of naira. According to sources, the council officials were invited last week following petitions from Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo, the Special Adviser, Boundary Matters, Kosofe Local Government. “They were all grilled for several hours at the ICPC office located at 10, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos. They were handed over to their lawyers and asked to come back again,” sources said. Oyebanjo confirmed that he submitted the petition, which alleged that the officials were involved in corruption, embezzlement, and contract inflation running into billions of naira. “Yes, their invitation and subsequent interrogation for hours followed a petition I submitted to the anti-corruption agency on October 23, 2024, with copies of classified documents of the local government in my possession,” Oyebanjo said. In the petition, Oyebanjo alleged that Ogunlewe awarded contracts without following due process, engaged in illegal self-enrichment, and acquired multiple properties a few years after becoming the chairman of the council. “I urged the anti-graft Commission to demand from the Code of Conduct Bureau the Assets Declaration Forms, which the Chairman filled out before he became the Council Chairman and the Assets he has presently acquired,” Oyebanjo added. The ICPC has also invited some executive members of the council, who are yet to honor the invitation. Oyebanjo claimed that Ogunlewe has been making frantic efforts to block the invitation of the executive members and council staff, and has promised to give each of them a huge amount of money to give false accounts.