Olakunle Oluomo, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, and three other people have been charged with 11 counts that include allegations of conspiracy, forgery, and theft.
On September 1, 2022, Rotimi Oyedepo, the EFFC’s Lagos Head of Legal Monitoring Unit, filed the charge before the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
That you Oluomo Taiwo, Oladayo Samuel, Adeyemo Adedeji Taiwo, and Adeyanju Amoke (now at large) conspired to use a total of N2.475 billion sometime in 2019 in Abeokuta within the jurisdiction of this court, which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of your unlawful activity, to wit: stealing from the treasury of the Ogun State House of Assembly.
As a result, you broke the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011, as amended, sections 18 (a) and 15 (2) (d), which are both crimes punishable under section 15 (3) of the same Act.
The commission stated that it will present documents and exhibits, as well as call at least 10 people to testify.