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Alleged N2.5bn Fraud: Impeached Ogun Speaker Docked, As Security Operatives Order Journalists Out Of Court

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The impeached Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, was docked in a Federal High Court sitting in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. 

The former Speaker was docked alongside two other officers of the state Assembly, Dayo Samuel and Adeyemo Adedeji. Oluomo and the duo were dragged before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the alleged misappropriation of N2.5 billion. 

Oluomo allegedly committed the fraud while serving as the Speaker of the Assembly in 2022. Aside from the N2.5 billion fraud case, recall that 18 out of 26 lawmakers signed for his impeachment over allegations bordering on high-handedness, gross misconduct, arrogance, poor leadership style, lack of focus and transparency, and pitching members against themselves. 

This former Speaker has, however, vowed to fight back as he told journalists…

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