The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency on Thursday announced the conviction of a local government worker in the state over the illegal sale of land belonging to the State Housing Corporation.
A statement on Thursday, signed by the Executive Secretary of the agency, I.O Tijani, on behalf of the Chairman of OYACA, Honorable Justice Eni Esan (retd.) called on civil servants to desist from all acts of corruption.
The convict, Adesina Olanrewaju Oyegoke, an Assistant Chief Executive Officer with the Estate Department of Lagelu Local Government, Ibadan, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for a three-count of official corruption under the OYACA Law 2019.
In the judgement delivered on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, by Magistrate O.A Akande (SMI), presiding over Special Court 8, Iyaganku, the court found Oyegoke guilty on all counts and sentenced him to three months in jail.
“OYACA uses this medium to warn civil servants to desist from all acts of corruption, as it only plunges the state into underdevelopment, and disparages the good image and enviable status of the Oyo State government,” Eni Esan stated