A local government worker in the state was found guilty on Thursday by the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency over the illegal sale of State Housing Corporation land.
In a statement released on Thursday signed by the executive secretary of the agency, I.O. Tijani on behalf of Honourable Justice Eni Esan (retd.), the Chairman of OYACA urged on civil officials to refrain from any form of corruption.
The convict, Adesina Olanrewaju Oyegoke, an Assistant Chief Executive Officer with the Estate Department of Lagelu Local Government, Ibadan, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for a three-count of official corruption under the OYACA Law 2019.
In the judgement 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 disparages the good image and enviable status of the Oyo State government,” Eni Esan stated.
