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| Ex L/Govt. Chairman, Chief Rufus Ojo |
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission on Monday secured the conviction of a former
Chairman, Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State, Chief Rufus Ojo, for a
N22m fraud.
Justice David Oladimeji of the Osun State High
Court sitting in the Ede Division found the former chairman guilty on two of
the three counts amended information filed against him by the EFCC and
convicted him.
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The court accordingly, sentenced him to a
three-year jail term on each of the two counts to run concurrently.
The journey to the Ile-Ife prison began for Ojo
following his arraignment before Justice F.E. Owolabi of the Osun State High
Court on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 on three charges bordering on stealing, using
position for personal gratification and money laundering.
One of the charges that earned him a jail term
reads, “that you, Chief Rufus Woleola Ojo, (carrying on business under the name
and style of Rulekal Ventures) and others at large sometimes in December 2006
at the Orolu Local Government Area within the jurisdiction of this honourable
court, with intent to defraud fraudulently converted to your own use the sum of
N22,058,021.30k property of Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State
entrusted to you whilst you were its executive chairman.”
However, the court discharged him on count
three bordering on offences of money laundering.
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