August 25, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property situated at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos, as well as a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, a black BMW car, a black Toyota Land cruiser car, and a white Toyota Hilux, recovered from a convicted fake Army General, Bolarinwa Abiodun, to one Bamidele Safiriyu Olusegun.
A statement issued on Thursday, by the Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency in Lagos, said Abiodun had posed as an Army General to defraud Olusegun of the sum of N266,500,000.
“Upon his conviction on July 8, 2022, the trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, had sentenced Abiodun to seven years imprisonment and also ordered him to forfeit all the proceeds of the crime”, the statement said.
The Lagos Zonal Commander of anti-graft agency, Ahmed Ghali, while handing over the vehicles on Tuesday, described the development as a milestone in the fight against corruption.
He appealed to the people to always provide information to the EFCC to assist it in fighting corruption.
“Finally, justice has been served. Whoever commits a crime will not get away with it. Sooner or later, the arm of the law will always catch up with you. We take pleasure in seeing fraudulent people brought to justice.
“We want to thank you for reporting the matter and we hope the society will learn a lesson from this and join us in the fight against corruption.
“Though the restitution is not 100 percent, the little that has been done is equally important”, he said.
In his response, Olusegun commended the Commission for its doggedness in pursuing the case and seeing that justice was served.
He also applauded the operatives of the Commission for what he described as “a job well done.”
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