EFCC Declares: Former Deputy Governor of Osun State wanted over N700m Dasuki contract

The EFCC said on its official Facebook page that Omisore had been evading arrest for several months and it had no choice but to declare him wanted.

A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, was on Tuesday declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a N700m contract he (Omisore) allegedly received from the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

But Omisore has described the EFCC’s declaration as mischievous, adding that he was with the EFCC operatives in court on Tuesday and wondered why they did not arrest him in court.

The anti-graft agency said instead of responding to an invitation, the former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2014 Osun State governorship election, decided to approach a court for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights.

The commission, however, said it was able to obtain an arrest warrant against Omisore on Tuesday.

The statement read in part, “The EFCC on May 24, 2016, declared a former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, wanted. The former senator is wanted in connection with a case of receiving and misappropriating the sum of over N700, 000,000 from the Office of the National Security Adviser, between June and November, 2014.

“Omisore has been elusive and refused to report to the commission after an 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. Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf consequently ordered that Omisore should only be arrested through a due and legal process. The EFCC thereafter obtained a warrant to effect the arrest of the politician.”