Group petitions EFCC, seeks Speaker, deputy’s probe over alleged N70bn OSOPADEC budget fraud

“Gleaning from the above grounds, it is crystal clear that the trio of the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, the Deputy Speaker and the Clerk jointly and severally conspired to forge the signatures of the Honourable members and fraudulently manipulated the institution of the Ondo State House of Assembly to pass a fraudulent resolution wherein a huge amount of money to the tune of N70,000,000,000 was appropriated without the approval of the House,” the petition stated..

Sahara Reporters reported that the petition, addressed to the EFCC’s Ekiti Zonal Directorate, alleged that the Assembly leadership conspired to produce a House resolution used to amend portions of the OSOPADEC budget without approval from lawmakers.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Ms Fayemi-Obayelu maintained that the Assembly never sat on the date indicated in the disputed resolution and said attendance records and legislative proceedings would show that lawmakers neither debated nor approved the budget adjustments attributed to the House.