The officials were interrogated on Monday and Tuesday on how the assembly purchased refurbished Toyota Camry cars (2019 model), for the state assembly members at N1.03 bn instead of new vehicles. All the suspects returned to the EFCC Zonal Office again on Tuesday for further interrogation.”The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren confirmed the development. The invitation of the officials followed a petition alleging fraud in the handling of the Oyo Assembly finances written by a former prosecutor with the Special Presidential Panel on Recovery of Public Property, Tosin Ojaomo. Ojaomo, in his petition, alleged that the contract was for the supply of new 2019 vehicle models but noted that refurbished models with cleaned-up mileage were supplied instead. Ojaomo, therefore, asked the EFCC to recover the full contract sum from the firm.

Source: Punch July 07, 2021 08:34 UTC