ADEBARE/OKO COLE TRANSFORMER SAGA CONTINUES AS ZONE II POLICE QUIZZED KOSOFE CDC MEMBER, TAIWO OLANIYI

 

 

*MAY INVITE TWO OTHER PERSONS FOR QUESTIONING

*MATTER MAY BE TAKEN TO COURT

 

The last has definitely not been heard about the controversy on Adebare/Oko-Cole Transformer as the police in Zone II command Headquarters, Onikan Lagos, yesterday interrogated One Mrs. Taiwo Olaniyi over her involvement in the illegal transfer of a transformer belonging to Adebare Development Community to Oko Cole Community both in Oworoshoki, Kosofe Local Government Area, while Chief Sakiru Odularan popularly known as “Skido” and another person simply identified as Balogun may be invited for questioning over the matter.

 

Mrs. Olaniyi who is the financial Secretary of the Community Development Committee in Kosofe Local Government Area was invited by the police for questioning over allegations that she deliberately misinformed residents of the community that the former Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government, Hon. Afolabi Sofola, had instructed the CDC chairman, Mr. Segun Babatunde, to transfer the transformer to Oko Cole Community.

 

It was also alleged that she openly admitted before two members of the community that she was given an undisclosed amount of money for her involvement in the illegal transfer of the transformer to Oko Cole.

 

She was said to have boastfully stated in Yoruba language, “mo gba owo, mi mowo to je” (I was given money but I don’t care what the money is all about), in the presence of Chief Odularan (Skido) while Balogun is said to be the person that informed Mrs. Adebare of the statement.

 

The petitioner Mrs. Adebare had told the police that the false information given to the members of Adebare community by Olaniyi on the fateful day made them yield to the pressure of the CDC Chairman and others who had come to forcefully relocate the transformer to Oko Cole.

 

She said, if Olaniyi, who is a well-known resident and CDC member in the community had not made the misleading statement, residents who had all along been resisting the attempt of CDC chairman to carry the transformer would not have allowed the transformer to be carried away.      

 

Olaniyi, however, denied the allegations, saying there was no time she made the statement neither did she receive any money for her involvement in the transfer of the controversial transformer.

 

However, Zone II command Headquarters has vowed to get to the roots of the matter while it also stated that the matter may be taken to court at the end of its investigation if an amicable settlement is not reached by both parties.

 

And as the matter drags on, both Chief Odularan (Skido) and Balogun may also be invited by the command to come and explain what they know about the controversial transformer.

 

It will be recalled that two weeks ago, Hon. Afolabi Sofola was at Zone II Command Headquarters where he cleared the air on the controversial matter, revealing that he did not issue a directive to the CDC chairman while in office to transfer the transformer to Oko Cole.

 

The CDC chairman, Mr. Segun Babatunde, had claimed in a statement he made to the Police that the former Council Boss gave him the directives to transfer the transformer to Oko Cole Community.