The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) announced on Thursday the conviction of a local government worker in the state for the illegal sale of land belonging to the State Housing Corporation.
In a press statement made available to journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday, and signed by the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Ibrahim Tijani, on behalf of the Chairman of OYACA, Justice Eni Esan (rtd.), the agency called on civil servants to desist from all acts of corruption.
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The convict, Adesina Olanrewaju Oyegoke, an Assistant Chief Executive Officer who worked with the Estate Department of Lagelu Local Government in Ibadan, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for three counts of official corruption under the OYACA Law 2019.
In the judgment delivered on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, by Magistrate O.A. Akande (SMI), presiding over Special Court 8, Iyaganku, the court found Oyegoke guilty on all counts and sentenced him to three months in jail.
“OYACA uses this medium to warn civil servants to desist from all acts of corruption, as it only plunges the state into underdevelopment and tarnishes the good image and enviable status of the Oyo State government,” Eni Esan stated.
