Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola
By Victor Ebimomi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), may have commenced full action into the probe of Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, as one of the major contractors for the state government, Olatunji Olowolafe of Deux Project Limited, was arrested on Friday evening by operatives of the commission.
According to EFCC spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the contractor had executed a total of 30 contracts for the state government out of which 27 were for the Ministry of Health and three for Ministry of Education and was said to have collected over N10 billion so far.
The commission said investigations into his deals with the state government was in progress.
The commission’s action may not be unconnected with petitions by a group known as True Face of Lagos, which alleged that the state governor was involved in underhand deals in the affairs of the state.
Apart from the EFCC, the group had also petitioned the state House of Assembly, calling for the probe the governor. The House set up a probe committee to look into the allegations, while series of court cases also sprung up to stop the probe.
Few days ago, the members of the group protested to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, claiming that the commission was delaying in investigating its petition but they were told by the commission’s Chairman that investigation had already started and the commission would make arrests when necessary.
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