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Oyo Govt Releases Statement On Arrest Of Accountant-General By EFCC

The Oyo State government has reacted to the arrest of its Accountant General, Alhaji Gafar Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

 

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The state government which described the arrest as unconstitutional in a statement released by its Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, further alleged that it is a desperate and malicious attempt at thwarting a case already filed at the Federal High Court, Ibadan.

 

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The statement read;

 

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“We would like to put it on record that by virtue of section 128 (1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, unless and until the Oyo State House of Assembly reports or exposes any corruption, inefficiency or waste in the execution or administration of laws within its legislative competence and in the disbursement or administration of funds appropriated by it to the Executive Governor of Oyo State and Commissioner for Finance, section 6 (h) of the EFCC Establishment Act 2004 (as amended) cannot be triggered.

“The Oyo State House of Assembly has not made any such reports and thus the actions so far by the EFCC and the EFCC chairman are unconstitutional and ultra-vires”

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