N15 Million Scandal - Ogun Law Maker

--------Speaker’s aide threatens to shoot journalists.



A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Adekunle Adegboyega, was on Thursday arrested and quizzed for hours by operatives of the independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) over an alleged N15 million constituency project scam.



The lawmaker popularly known as(Texaco), of the G15 section was accused of not executing the project billed for his constituency in Ewekoro Local Government.



In the petition before the commission, the lawmaker was alleged to have abandoned the borehole of Owowo Are and other projects for which the money was voted. He was alleged to have diverted the money to build a hotel at Adigbe area in Abeokuta .



He was later released on bail at the Ibadan , Oyo State office of the commission and told to return back on Monday.



At the Assembly complex on Thursday, a security aide of the Speaker, Tunji Egbetokun threatened to shoot journalists.



After the reporters had converged on the office of the Information Officer to the Assembly where they usually sit to observe the proceedings, the policeman came and attempted to send them out.



All the explanations offered by the journalists, who had earlier been accredited by the Information Officer fell on security operative’s deaf ears as he ordered them to leave and threatened to shoot any of them who refused to comply with his directive.



“ I will shoot you and nothing will happen. All of you, go out now”, he charged at the journalists, just as he further beckoned to some of his colleagues.



Defending the Finances of the State at the Assembly chambers, Commissioner for Finance, Kehinde Sogunle took the lawmakers on some tutorials on what accounting process was all about.



The lawmakers during what they later termed “ investigation of the State Finances”, displayed a lot of ignorance on principles of accounting system while quizzing the Commissioner.



Kehinde Sogunle was however patient enough to educate the lawmakers who by this time were confused on the applications of basic accounting terminologies such as ISPO, etc.



The sitting took a dramatic turn when the Commissioner was asked to remain on his feet while addressing the House but he stated that he was not medically fit to be on his feet for long. The Speaker House later adjourned until the health of the commissioner would allow him to stand while addressing them. He was asked to bring more documents.