Officials of the Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested some
officials of Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The anti-graft body also seized some
“vital documents” and computers of the local government.
Dream-naija learnt that the ICPC
officials arrived at the council secretariat around noon and arrested the woman
in charge of salary schedule, Mrs. Toyin Falade. She was reportedly taken to
Abuja for questioning.
It was learnt that the anti-graft body
had received a petition from some of the workers on the controversial new
secretariat complex as well as an alleged salary fraud.
It was learnt that the anti-graft
agency had written the council’s top officials to provide the salary schedule
from January to December last year. But the council allegedly turned down the
request.
Some aggrieved council workers told Dream-naija in confidence that there have been series of fraud allegations against a
former auditor of the council, Mr. Marcus Akinduko. He was accused of
“unwholesome acts” when he was in Akure South Local Government Area.
The ICPC, a source said, summoned the
caretaker Chairman, the Accountant, the Treasurer and other top officials to
appear before it in Abuja tomorrow at 10am.
The council chairman confirmed the
visit of the anti-graft men on phone, saying they were doing their normal duty.
The ICPC Investigation Officer in
charge of Ondo, Osun and Ekiti zone, Mr Kole Olubunmi, confirmed the arrest.
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