N2.2 Billion Properties: EFCC Set To Quiz Osun Ex-Commissioner, Ajibola Bashiru As CSO Storms EFCC Office To Endorse Petition Against The Ex-Commissioner
….Submits additional evidences
A civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has stormed the Ibadan Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with the team of its Legal Practitioners from Lagos and Osun State penultimate Thursday to endorse its Petition Letter on the allegation of acquiring N2.2billion properties with the public funds leveled against the State former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ajibola Bashiru.
The group had earlier submitted an additional evidences to the anti-graft agency on the subject matter in order to prove its allegations leveled against Bashiru beyond reasonable doubt during the EFCC’s investigation, just as the anti-graft body had concluded arrangement to invite Mr. Bashiru for questioning over the allegation contained therein in the group’s Petition Letter for subsequent prosecution in the Court of Competent jurisdiction.
Similarly, the leadership of the Civil Society Organization (CSO) had also entered an agreement with the authority of the anti-graft body to take its officials to the locations of all the alleged acquired properties with public funds in Osun and Lagos States respectively.
The group further alleged that Mr. Bashiru had been working round the by employing the service of the men of the Department of the State Security service (DSS) through its State Director and his men,with their phone numbers:Mr. Kunle Shofola-08168933030,Ola-08024620507,Tunji-08067560995,Alhaja-08034182814,Alex-08166218057,
Isaac-08038110375 and 08132225003, to frustrate the ongoing investigation of the EFCC, so that they could arrest the Chairman of the Coalition, Comrade Sulaiman which necessitated the filling of an application against the DSS in the State High Court to restrain it from interfering in the investigation of EFCC,.
Speaking with Journalists after the endorsement of its Petition and Letter, the CSCEOS’ Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman maintained that the civil rights group would continue to expose any elements of corruption and its perpetrators in our society as part of efforts to stamp out the menace of corruption in our land, insisting that if we remain silent , we would be guilty of complicity, advising Bashiru to allow EFCC to do its constitutional responsibility of investigating all the financial allegations leveled against him(Bashiru),instead of employing the service of security agents to obstruct the EFCC’s investigation.
The rights activist stated that no amount of intimidation from Bashiru and his co-travelers could deter its organization members from exposing the corrupt elements of the society, urging the EFCC officials to raise their head tall in carrying out their constitutional duty by conducting its investigation without fear or favour and as well ensuring justice for the parties.
According to the CSCEOS’ submitted more evidences Letter dated Thursday 20th December, 2018 with the titled: “Report of additional more evidences in respect of Petition against Mr. Ajibola Bashiru over N2.2billion properties as a way to prove our Petition beyond reasonable doubt before the anti-graft agency” and copies were made available to Journalists on Thursday.
The Letter read thus; “It is duty bound on us as an organization that is craving for egalitarian and corrupt free society to report any corrupt practices to your agency (EFCC) that saddle with the responsibility of investigating financial crimes with subsequent prosecution of any suspect in respect of financial allegations.
“Through our internal investigative mechanism, we have discovered another three more gigantic edifices acquired with public funds by Mr. Bashiru and the buildings were located at Oroki extension beside Rave FM Radio Station Air Wave Antenna,Olawuni Kehinde Close,Osogbo, office Complex at Old Governor’s office-along Gbongan-Ibadan road, Osogbo and residential building at Omole Estate, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos State, with White Colour Armour Tank Jeep Wagon”.
“We also discovered another residential building belonging to Mr. Ajibola Bashiru but claimed to belonging to one of his aides, Teslim Latona (Olaiya) with Phone number-08033841858 and the residential building was located at Halleluyah Estate,beside Balogun Central Mosque, off Ring Road,Osogbo”.
It submitted;”Apart from all these properties mentioned,Mr. Ajibola Bashiru had only gigantic residential building located at Konkobilo Hotel and Events Centre area,Okinni via Osogbo,where we suspected huge amount of raw cash were kept in order to evade the arrest of EFCC for money laundering but we learnt that part of the funds had been moved to unknown location in the State recently”.
It therefore sees the action of Bashiru in collaboration with the DSS as a ploy to create a machine of despotism in the war against corruption because anybody that is encouraging and promoting corruption in any form deserves no honour.
