An Akure High Court has told the Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyelogun that he has a case to answer in the N2.4m mismanagement charges pressed against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
To be arraigned alongside Oloyelogun are, a lawmaker, Felemu-Gudu Bankole and a civil servant, Segun Bankole.
According to the EFCC, the trio were allocated the fund to attend a seminar but they did not.
When the case came up for hearing, the lawmakers, argued that the EFCC lacked the power to prosecute offences affecting the finances and assets of the state as there exists a law enacted by the Assembly to tackle corruption allegations in the state.
But in his ruling, Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye put the state law aside and held that the EFCC has the power to investigate and prosecute the lawmakers for the alleged fraud, which they were charged with.
