The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alleged that former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore recieved the sum of N1.310bn through his companies from the Office of
the National Security Adviser, ONSA.

The EFCC alleged that the sum emanated from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014 and was part of the N4.7bn allegedly transferred to the Diamond Bank account of Sylvan McNamara for
onwards disbursement by a former Minister of State
for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and his two
sons, Gbolahan and Babajide.

The two sons of the former Minister are signatories
to the company’s bank account, PUNCH reports.

The report quoted the anti-graft agency as saying
Omisore received the said amount in four tranches
from Sylvan McNamara between July and August
2014, a few weeks before the Osun State
governorship election which he lost.

The newspaper stated that a document detailing the
transaction showed that the money was paid into
three company accounts allegedly belonging to
Omisore.

An operative who spoke with the newspaper said, “On July 9, 2014, N150m was paid into the bank account of Sawanara at First Bank. On August 1, 2014, N300m was paid into Sawanara Limited.

“On August 8, 2014, about N160m was paid into the bank account of Fimex Gilt Limited domiciled at UBA.

On the day of the election, August 9, 2014, N350m was paid into the First Bank account of Metropolitan
Consortium.”