EFCC
Press Release
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The planned arraignment of Kwara State
Commissioner for Information, Prince
Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, and Ope
Saraki, cousin to Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State and Senior
Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed,
before Justice A.O Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin could not
go on today as the judge was reportedly ill.
Though, Moronfoye, who served as Senior
Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Bukola Saraki, and Ope were
in court, they could not take their pleas as the judge sent in words through
one of his assistants that, he was indisposed and would not sit.
In the circumstance, Joseph O. Uzor and J.O
Olatoke, SAN, counsel representing EFCC and the accused persons respectively,
met and tentatively agreed on April 23, 2015 for possible arraignment having
confirmed the date to be convenient for the court.
Moronfoye
and Saraki are to be docked on a 3-count charge bordering on abuse of office and
money laundering.
Moronfoye
is alleged to have used his position as the Senior Special Adviser to the
former governor to enrich himself. Specifically, he awarded contracts to
the tune of over N200million for the renovation of Ijagbo Primary Health Centre
and the supply of medical equipments to Health Centres and Specialist Hospitals
within the state, to a company in which he has interest and was sole signatory
to the account.
On his part, Saraki allegedly abused his office
and laundered state funds for his personal benefit by awarding inflated
contracts to companies owned by his cronies. In one of the transactions
involving the purchase of Ambulance for hospitals in the state, Saraki duped
the people of Kwara State by procuring thirteen Hiace buses from a local car
dealer and converting them to ambulance in place of factory built
ambulance for which a contract of N171, 990,000.00 was awarded to Chemiroy
Nigeria Limited.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
19th March, 2015
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