The Group Managing Director of the Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Mr Adebayo Jimoh, and four other management officials of the conglomerate were yesterday invited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged N10.3million fraud in the company.
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LEADERSHIP was reliably told that the anti- graft agency on Monday invited them to Abuja for interrogation over the petition written by the former Estate Manager of the conglomerate, Ademola Rilwan, who called on the commission to investigate the alleged fraud involving the lease of the company’s property situated at Apapa when he was in the employ of the company.
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In the petition , Ademola alleged that rather than being commended and promoted for discovering the? fraud , he [Ademola] was sacked whereas those involved in the shady deal were promoted by the management of the conglomerate .
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Sources close to the anti-graft agency (ICPC) gave the names of the management staff of the conglomerate who are now the guests of the Commission (ICPC) as Messrs Abimbola Ilori , Head of the Human Resources Department ; Dare Aseweje , the former Head of Estate Department , Adedapo and Mrs . A . Odutola , sitting Head of Estate Department who took over from Ademola Rilwan, the petitioner and one Adedapo.
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LEADERSHIP? gathered that as at yesterday evening , the guests of ICPC who arrived the headquarters of the anti-graft agency as early as 8 am were said to havebeen interrogated for some hours by the officials of the ICPC .
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According to? sources , they were told to say all they knew about the 12 issues raised in the petition sent to the Commission [ICPC] by Ademola.
After the interrogation, they are to report back to the commission for further investigations into the matter.
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Sources said that if those quizzed were unable to satisfy the anti-graft body in their explanations, they would be charged to court for abuse of office according to the ICPC Act.
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Ademola who was Manager [Estate] at that time said he discovered the fraud of N10.3 million supposedly carried out on the company’s property at 6 Burma Road, Apapa, Lagos.