The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will arraign a former Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to former Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, Olatunji Moronfoye, at the Federal High Court, Ilorin, on March 19, 2015.
Moronfoye is the current Commissioner for Information in Kwarra State.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Wednesday that the anti-graft agency would also arraign the Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor AbdulFathah Ahmed, a cousin to Saraki, alongside the commissioner.
The commission is alleging that Moronfoye exploited the opportunities of his position as the SSA to the Governor on Millennium Development Goals to enrich himself.
The commissioner is also being accused of “abuse of office, awarding contracts to his cronies, embezzlement, diversion of public funds, and money laundering.”
Uwujaren alleged that the commissioner for information awarded contracts to the tune of N200m for the renovation of Ijagbo Health Centre, and to procure medical equipment for the health facility, to a company said to be owned by him.
He further alleged that the commissioner was the sole signatory to the account of the firm.
Uwujaren stated that Saraki on his part was being accused of abuse of office and for alleged diversion of state funds through inflated contracts.
He said the defendant procured 13 Toyota Hiace buses and converted them to ambulances in execution of a contract of N17.9m awarded to Chemiroy Nigeria Limited.
The Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, said as the state prosecuting counsel, he had not been notified or contacted by the EFFC.
The Senior Special Assistant to Ahmed on Media and Communication, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, said the state government would await for the two accused to be arraigned and know their proper charges before making a comment.
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