Ganiyu Oyebanjo, the Special Adviser on Boundary Matters to the Kosofe Local Government chairman, Moyosore Ogunlewe, has accused his boss of orchestrating his illegal arrest and detention for 15 days as a retaliation for exposing alleged financial misappropriation and corruption within the council.

According to him, his arrest was a clear abuse of power and a violation of his human rights.

Speaking exclusively with our correspondent on Wednesday, the aide insisted that his arrest by the police was a diversionary tactic to silence him and prevent the truth from coming out regarding the corruption allegations he raised against the Kosofe council chair.

He narrated that he was arrested in his home on March 11, 2025, by officers of the Zone II Police Command, allegedly on the orders of Ogunlewe.

He said he was charged with unlawfully breaking into the office of the chairman to steal classified documents.

He, however, denied allegations that he broke into Ogunlewe’s office to steal classified documents, stating that the documents in question were given to him by one Michael Oduntan, who was allegedly caught stealing official documents in the chairman’s office in June 2024.

Speaking further, Oyebanjo said the documents he had against Ogunlewe reveal a pattern of corruption and forgery.

He alleged that the chairman, in collaboration with the council secretary, Fatai Gbadebo, would write new minutes to accommodate their corrupt plans and create fake extracts.

“The documents I have against him are extracts and payment vouchers. The extracts are approvals and resolutions of the executive committee at the local government level for contracts, procurement, or projects.

“As a member of the executive committee, I can attest that for any project, contract, or procurement, there must be a resolution from the committee, which we all must agree on before it can be carried out. However, when I examined the extracts, I discovered that there was never a time when any contract, project, or procurement was mentioned in our executive committee meetings.”

This raised serious suspicions about the chairman’s activities.

“It was later I discovered that after our meetings, the chairman, in connivance with the council secretary, Fatai Gbadebo, would write new minutes to accommodate their corrupt plans and create fake extracts.

“These fake documents were then used to justify payments for projects that were never approved by the executive committee,” Oyebanjo claimed.

He also stated that he has payment vouchers to prove the allegations.


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