Lagos lawyer, Adegboruwa arrested by EFCC for alleged N61m scam

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Popular Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for an alleged N61m scam.

The EFCC announced on its official Facebook page that Adegboruwa allegedly conspired with some persons to lease a property in the Lekki area of Lagos State.

The property in question, according to the anti-graft agency, is a subject of an Interim Forfeiture Order by a Lagos State High Court.

According to the statement which read in part, “Lagos lawyer, Adegboruwa, has been arrested by operatives of the EFCC for dealing in a property which is a subject of an Interim Forfeiture Order by a Lagos State High Court without due authorisation.

“He allegedly conspired with some other persons to lease the property situated at House 105 Nicon Town Estate, Lekki Lagos, to one Shelf Drilling Nigeria Limited, in the sum of N61, 631,944.65. The said money was credited to his Zenith Bank’s account, from where he made disbursements. The matter will soon be charged to court.”

The PUNCH reports that Adegboruwa became popular through activism as a Student Union President at the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1992.

However, he had in recent times openly defended several persons being investigated or tried by the EFCC and came under fire on January 11, 2016, when he filed a suit against the EFCC before the Federal High Court, Lagos, challenging the continued detention of Chief Olisa Metuh, the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Adegboruwa however, later withdrew from the Metuh case.

He is also the counsel for ex-Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, who is wanted for an alleged N45.9bn fraud involving the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.

The Lagos lawyer is also representing Mr. Robert Azibaola, cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who confessed to collecting a $40m pipeline contract.

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Source:: PM Newspaper