The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 16 local government chairmen in Kwara State over alleged misaapropriation of funds.
The chairmen currently being quizzed by EFCC operatives at the Ilorin Zonal Office include Risikat Opakunle, Saidu Yaru Musa, Umar Belle, Ayeni Dallas, Fatai Adeniyi Garba, Lah Abdulmumeen, Raliat Funmi Salau, Aminat Omodara and Muyiwa Oladipo.
Others are Oladipo Omole, Abdullahi Abubakar Bata, Saka Eleyele, Lateef Gbadamosi, Oni Adebayo Joseph, Omokanye Joshua Olatunji and Jibril Salihu.
They are accused of misappropriating over N4 billion.
It was gathered that the Council Chiefs after securing the controversial loan held a meeting and decided that one hundred million naira be shared among themselves.
The suspects allegedly wrote to the Ilorin Branch Manager of Sterling Bank on February 7, 2018 to make a N4 billion loan request to pay the salary arrears of teachers under the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), local government staff and pensioners.
The embattled politicians were also accused of diverting ten percent of the monthly internally generated revenue for their personal use which was paid direct into their personal accounts against the financial regulations.
