One of
the candidates jostling to become a Federal lawmaker in the upcoming general
election, Oluwametomi Adisa has been arrested for a multi million naira fraud.
Here are
the details
A House
of Representatives candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Miss
Oluwametomi Adetokunbo Adisa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142, 029,000 (One
Hundred and Forty- Two Million, Twenty- Nine Thousand Naira only) from one
businessman, Alhaji Isa Bello, by false pretence.
The
37-year old politician allegedly obtained building materials worth N142,
029,000 from Bello, in the guise of servicing a supply contract she had with a
construction company.
The
materials comprised: 9,900 bags of cement, 381 tons of imported iron rods and
468 tons of local iron rods.
The
petitioner alleged that Adisa paid an initial sum of N40,000,000 (Forty Million
Naira only) but issued two post-dated cheques totalling N102,029,000 (One
Hundred and Two Million, Twenty- Nine Thousand Naira), which were returned
unpaid.
Bello
said that all efforts to make Adisa pay up the balance proved abortive.
Adisa
will be charged to court at a later date.
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