APC commends EFCC for arresting oil producing commission boss

The All Progressives Congress has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for arresting Johnson Ogunyemi, the Chairman of Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission.
The APC, in a statement by its Ondo State Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, applauded the EFCC for beaming its searchlights on the state and its finances.
The EFFC had on January 18 arrested Ogunyemi and the Permanent Secretary of the commission, Dr. Dipo Durojaye.
Other OSOPADEC officials arrested included the Director of Finance Administration, Sola Orisamoluwa, and Director of Account, Vincent Ikuomola.
The APC urged the commission to deploy scientific means of investigation in recovering money allegedly siphoned from the state’s treasury.
It said that the EFCC should ensure the arraignment and prosecution of everybody found culpable in defrauding the state.
The party described the arrest as long-overdue, alleging that corruption had pervaded the commission that should cater for the needs of oil producing communities in Ilaje, which had been degraded by various challenges.
The APC promised to provide necessary support and information to the commission in the course of its investigation into alleged looting spree and unabated corruption in the state in the last eight years.
Adesanya said: “We applaud the EFCC for a job well done; their visit to the state is a clear attestation to the various discoveries we have made.
“We will like to implore the anti-graft-agency to beam its searchlight into the various ministries, departments and agencies in the state as we are sure that there are cases of corruption going on there.”