The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has received a court order granting the temporary confiscation of three bank accounts belonging to the Speaker of the Lagos State Assembly Chamber, Mudashiru Obasa.
The court order was received by the Federal Supreme Court, Lagos, on September 15, 2020.
Bank accounts will be set up pending an investigation by the EFCC.
The three frozen bank accounts are located in Standard Chartered Bank under the name Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.
In receiving the former party order, the EFCC said bank accounts are being investigated for conspiracy, misappropriation of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.
In addition to using Ajayi Mudashiru Obasa, he also used Obasa Abdulrahman Gbadunola and Gabriel Adedoyin Savage to wp-signup.php some of the bank accounts.
After months of reporting and investigation by SaharaReporters, Obasa was invited by the EFCC for questions.
Some of his allies, who are involved in major corruption, have also been rounded up by the anti-graft agency and they confessed to the action, promising to return some of the stolen funds.
Obasa arrived at the EFCC office around 10:00 a.m. Thursday to be questioned by anti-graft agency officials.