By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Socialists Party of Nigeria (SPN) has asked the Economic Financial and Crime Commission, (EFCC) to go ahead and get to the root of the alleged N9 billion money laundering in Oyo State.
The party in a statement on Monday by its Oyo State Secretary, Comrade Ayodeji Adigun emphasized that the investigations on the alleged N9 billion money laundering must not be swept under the carpet.
SPN stressed that in going ahead with the investigation, EFCC should ensure that all individuals connected to the alleged money laundering are prosecuted accordingly, adding that there was no basis for the Oyo state government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responses to the EFCC arrest of Oyo state Accountant General and other state government officials on the alleged money laundering.
” As far as we are concerned in SPN all of these responses are just mere excuses conceived to discredit the arrest and ensure that the allegation is swept under the carpet. SPN condemns and warns against any attempt to sweep the allegation under the carpet and calls on the EFCC to go ahead and ensure that a thorough investigation of the allegation is carried out with a view to ensure that all individuals connected to it are prosecuted while the public fund in question is recovered and committed for judicious use for the overall and collective needs of the people in the state”, it said
SPN added, ” beyond this is to also note that the EFCC arrest of the Accountant-General is a mockery of the commitment to transparency and accountability of the Engr Seyi Makinde-led government as claimed at the inception of its regime”.
The party stated that the government even claimed it had transmitted to the Oyo state House of Assembly an executive bill called financial crime commission bill to ensure transparency and accountability in both the public and private sector in the state.
” SPN challenges the Makinde-led Oyo State Government to subject the finances of the state to democratic control of a board comprising representatives of workers organizations, political parties, civil society organizations among others”
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