••••GRILLS NINE , SCHEDULES THE REST NINE FOR FRIDAY
Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes are grilling nine chairmen of the 18 local government areas of Edo State.
The Network investigations revealed that the embattled council chairmen are being interrogated by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the anti graft agency.
Authoritative sources within the commission said the commission has scheduled the rest nine chairmen for interrogation on Friday.
The Network gathered that commission opened investigation into the activities of the 18 Edo Local Government in response to a petition personally signed by the Govermor, Senator Monday Okoebholo.
It was gathered that the Governor wrote the EFCC to complain that the council chairmen diverted their allocations for the months of October and November.
Okpebholo complained that the action of the council chairmen made it impossible for him to pay salaries in the state for the two months in question.
The source said, “The new State Governor wrote a petition against all the council chairmen in Edo State, alleging that they diverted monies meant for October and November. He said that he couldn’t pay salary as a result of the alleged fraud.
“So the Benin Zonal Office of Commission invited nine today and they are facing interrogation now.
The rest nine will come tomorrow.”
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale, confirmed the interrogation of the council chairmen on the phone on Thursday.
However, he declined giving details of the ongoing investigation.
