Police in Ekiti State have arrested two men, Benedict Ola Idega and Abdulsalami Leader, for an alleged attempt to defraud the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.
The men, who allegedly paraded
themselves as staff of the Office of the National Security Adviser, had
claimed they could influence the report of the military panel set up to
investigate the role of the military in the June 21, 2014 Ekiti
governorship election.
According to the Special Assistant to
the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the
two men at a meeting with Fayose in his Afao Ekiti residence presented
what they called a photocopy of the page three of the preliminary report
to show that they meant business.
“They also said the army panel report
was targeted at some top army officers that the Federal Government
wanted to punish. The purported copy of the page three bore the logo of
the Nigerian Army.”
Olayinka said the governor, who was
suspicious of the men’s real intentions, had informed the state
Commissioner of Police and Director of the Department of State Services.
“After turning in the copy of the page
three of the purported preliminary report, the governor gave the
impression that he was satisfied with all that they said and asked them
to wait at his waiting room for him to show appreciation. He then called
in the Commissioner of Police and DSS Director, who in turn asked their
men to move in and arrest the two men.
“The identity card found on Abdulsalami
Leader H bore “GMB SECURITY” and it was stated at the back that he
(Abdulsalami) is the security of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari with Number 34,
Lobitto Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja as issuer’s address and 088133636478
and 08057010255 as telephone numbers. Benedict Ola Idega was with an
identity card bearing Federal Capital Development Authority,” he added.
The two men, who lodged at a popular
hotel along Bank Road, Ado Ekiti are now being detained at the Police
Headquarters, Ado Ekiti alongside another suspected accomplice, who was
found in their hotel room when policemen visited the hotel for a search.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, confirmed the arrest of the two men for fraud.
by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti
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