Three suspected fraudsters, Babatunde Ologunja, Olusola Babatunde and Olufemi Lawal have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly duping an Ibadan High Chief, Otun Olubadan, High Chief Lekan Balogun.
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Lekan, who is next in line to the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, represented the Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the defunct Alliance for Democracy in the National Assembly between 1999 and 2003.
His brother, Dr Kola Balogun, who currently represents the district at the Senate, had petitioned the EFCC as a concerned member of the Aliwo family and sought the commission’s intervention in the matter.
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Kola feared that his brother might have been manipulated by the suspects as he was unable to come to terms with the incident.
He wrote in the petition, “This request became necessary, because we believe strongly that the victim has been hypnotised; he is not in a position to admit it and his health condition is deteriorating.”
According to the EFCC, preliminary investigation into the allegation revealed that for the past four years, the suspects had consistently collected various sums of money from the victim.
It was learnt that the sums were not attached to any particular project and no receipts were issued to indicate clear transactions between the parties.
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