Tag: Oke
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Six months darkness: Rep Oke pleads with IBEDC to restore light in his constituency
The Member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, Rep. Busayo Oluwole Oke has appealed to the Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC to facilitate the immediate restoration of electricity supply to Esa Oke town in Obokun Local Government area the State which had been in total darkness for six months . Rep. Oke…
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N13bn Ikoyi cash: EFCC approaches Interpol for arrest of ex-NIA DG, Oke, wife
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has approached Interpol for the arrest of a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade. The whereabouts of the couple remain unknown one week after they were declared wanted by the EFCC. According to the anti-corruption body, they are wanted for failing…
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Ikoyi cash: Ex-NIA DG, Oke, wife’s whereabouts unknown as arraignment fails
Former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director-General Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife Folasade were absent at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday as their arraignment failed to hold. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was billed to arraign them before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke. The case was also not formally listed for the…
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Former NIA DG Oke, wife leave Nigeria as trial commences today
Investigations have revealed that a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade may have left the country. According to reports, Oke, who was to be arraigned along with his wife by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today (Friday), left the country last week “for medical reasons”.…
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$43.4m Ikoyi cash: Ex-NIA DG, Oke, wife’s trial commence tomorrow
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will tomorrow arraign former Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife Folasade, before a Federal High Court in Lagos. Their arraignment is in connection with the $43, 449, 947, 000 intercepted in a flat. The cash was founded in Flat 7B, No.…
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Lawal, Oke: Some gullible Nigerians joined the #OccupyNASS crusade to revolt against us – Senate
The Senate has said the sack of former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has vindicated its position on investigation carried out by its Ad hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East. It urged other committees charged with the responsibility of investigating other alleged corrupt matters in the country to…
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Corruption: Handover Lawal, Oke to EFCC, ICPC – SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mr Ayodele Oke. The organization also called on Buhari to “urgently handover Lawal and Oke to the Economic and Financial…
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Tongue in cheek, APC says Buhari’s sack of Lawal, Oke vindicates them
…Their sack was long overdue – Itse Sagay The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the party has been vindicated following the sack of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the sacking…
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Babachir, Oke: Buhari should be impeached for disobeying the Constitution – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of the corruption cases involving the former Secretary to the Government, Babachir Lawal, and former National Intelligence Agency, boss, Ayodele Oke. The party, while calling for the prosecution of the duo, said Messrs. Lawal and Oke were being treated…
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Presidency says security agencies can now go after Lawal, Oke
Presidency on Monday said the nation’s security agencies were free to go after the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement made…