The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office, says it has arrested a member of the Kwara House of Assembly (name withheld), for alleged N4 million fraud.
The commission’s Zonal Head, Mr Isyaku Sharu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday.
Sharu said that the legislator was arrested over alleged cheating, obtaining by false pretence and money laundering involving about N4 million.
He said that the lawmaker had sometimes in 2015 sold some plots of land to six retired teachers, prior to his political ambition.
“The lawmaker also issued receipts to the land buyers with the name of a company, which does not exist.
“The complainants, Mary Kolade, Ezekiel Babatunde, Felicia Adebiyi, Grace Awolola, Julius Omole and Abiodun Balogun alleged that the suspect sold many plots of land to them, claiming to be the owner.
“They, however, later discovered that the land belonged to the Federal…
