EFCC arrests Senator Iyiola Omisore

Iyiola Omisore

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, after months of investigations.

EFCC sources disclosed that Omisore is being quizzed at the Abuja head office of the anti-graft commission to explain allegations of financial crimes levelled against him.

It was also learnt that the Abuja resident of the former Deputy Governor was raided by EFCC agents Sunday morning before his arrest was effected.

The EFCC had on 24 May 2016 obtained a court warrant to arrest Omisore, who had failed to honour an EFCC invitation. The EFCC consequently declared Omisore wanted shortly after obtaining the court warrant.

The spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren had stated that Omisore was wanted in connection with a case of receiving and misappropriating the sum of over N700 million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, between June and November, 2014.

He stated that Omisore was being elusive and refused to report to the Commission after invitation was extended to him on April 7, 2016 requesting him “to come and make clarification on the ongoing investigation”.

Instead of responding to the Commission’s investigation Omisore had approached the Federal Capital Territory High Court for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights, Uwujaren stated.

However Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf consequently ordered that Omisore should only be arrested through a due and legal process, Uwujaren said.

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