The Ilorin zonal office of EFCC has arrested a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Adebayo Muhammed on offences bordering on obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of about N4million (Four Million Naira).
Muhammed who is representing Malete/Ipuru Constituency in the state’s house of assembly is alleged to have sometime in 2015 sold some plots of land which did not belong to him to a group of teachers, and issued receipts to the buyers in the name of a non-existent company. It was further alleged that he has so far resisted all attempts by his victims to recover their money.
The complainants, Mary Kolade, Ezekiel Babatunde, Felicia Adebiyi, Grace Awolola, Julius Omole and Abiodun Balogun alleged that the suspect sold plots of land to them, which he claimed to be the owner but that they later discovered that the land belonged to the Federal Ministry of Land and Housing.
“After paying about N4million (Four Million Naira) to the lawmaker, we decided to…
