EFCC Arrest Lawyer With N1.2m Bribe Money

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a legal practitioner, Barrister Ayodele Owoka, 47, over allegations of bribery.He was arrested on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Commission’s office in Ikoyi, Lagos as he attempted to bribe a team of operatives investigating a case of contract inflation, abuse of office, stealing, embezzlement and misappropriation of funds at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State.Barrister Ayodele OwokaUpon his arrest, the suspect confessed that he offered the operatives N1.2 Million which was allegedly given to him by the Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. O. A. Omotosho, to bribe the team to soft pedal on their investigations.Ayodele confessed that Omotosho gave him a total sum of N1.5 Million but that he kept N300, 000 for his personal use and offered the operatives the balance of N1.2Million as bribe.The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest and indicated that the suspect would soon be arraigned

CKN NEWS

Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

4 Comments

  1. Good one kudos to efcc but they shouldn't ignore the fraud in Federal audit office.

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is a welcome development to them but frauds are conducted in all govt agencies and yet they are happy about this little money. I charge them to do more and bite the hands that feed them bcus I no to well that it is the FG that his undermining there capacity to dischage there duties

    ReplyDelete
  3. Are you saying they shouldn't have. Arrested the layer. There is the office of the auditor general of the federation , do u even know the responsibility of efcc?

    ReplyDelete
  4. EFCC , wants to make a name for themselves where they don't deserve. Have they investigated the $20 billion NNPC fraud? Did they investigate Stela Odua? EFCC is worst than the criminals that they claim to investigate. They have been collecting bribe befor, those one was rejected because he did not pass through tier bribe agents.

    ReplyDelete
Previous Post Next Post

نموذج الاتصال