A candidate in the forthcoming elections vying for a position in the House of Representatives has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to Nigerian Pilot, the House of Representatives candidate on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Oluwametomi Adetokunbo Adisa, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142,029,000 from a businessman, identified as Alhaji Isa Bello, under false pretences.
It was gathered that the 37-year-old politician allegedly obtained building materials worth the amount from the plaintiff, in the guise of servicing a supply contract she had with a construction company.
It was learnt that the materials include: 9, 900 bags of cement, 381 tons of imported iron rods and 468 tons of local iron rods.
The plaintiff told the anti-graft agency that Adisa, however, paid an initial deposit of N40,000,000 and issued two post-dated cheques that amounted to N102,029,000, but were later returned unpaid.
Bello further revealed to the anti-graft watchdog that all efforts to make Adisa pay up the balance proved abortive.
The House candidate is expected to be charged to court soon.
The EFCC, which was set up to hunt down corrupt public officials and politicians, seems to have been clouded with sentiments of late. The anti-graft agency is believed to have been compromised and used as a tool by the incumbent to clamp down on politicians, especially members of the opposition parties.
President Goodluck Jonathan recently ordered the EFCC to secretly examine the personal and official finances of the leaders of the main opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC), after the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen Muhammadu Buhari recently said that the EFCC is corrupt and finds itself under President Jonathan’s rule.
According to Nigerian Pilot, the House of Representatives candidate on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Oluwametomi Adetokunbo Adisa, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142,029,000 from a businessman, identified as Alhaji Isa Bello, under false pretences.
It was gathered that the 37-year-old politician allegedly obtained building materials worth the amount from the plaintiff, in the guise of servicing a supply contract she had with a construction company.
It was learnt that the materials include: 9, 900 bags of cement, 381 tons of imported iron rods and 468 tons of local iron rods.
The plaintiff told the anti-graft agency that Adisa, however, paid an initial deposit of N40,000,000 and issued two post-dated cheques that amounted to N102,029,000, but were later returned unpaid.
Bello further revealed to the anti-graft watchdog that all efforts to make Adisa pay up the balance proved abortive.
The House candidate is expected to be charged to court soon.
The EFCC, which was set up to hunt down corrupt public officials and politicians, seems to have been clouded with sentiments of late. The anti-graft agency is believed to have been compromised and used as a tool by the incumbent to clamp down on politicians, especially members of the opposition parties.
President Goodluck Jonathan recently ordered the EFCC to secretly examine the personal and official finances of the leaders of the main opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC), after the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen Muhammadu Buhari recently said that the EFCC is corrupt and finds itself under President Jonathan’s rule.
