Former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged corruption and forgery.
The EFCC made a public notice declaring Mr Agunloye wanted on its Facebook and Instagram channels on Tuesday.
The statement reads:
“The public is hereby notified that Olu Agunioye, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an alleged case of corruption and forgery,” the public notice read in part.
EFCC in the public notice revealed that Mr Agunloye is aged 75 and is from Akoko North Local Government Area, Ondo State.
The Commision also gave Agunloye’s last known address as No 20 Sold Boneh Way Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State.
It urged anyone “With useful information as to his whereabouts” to contact its offices in Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Makurdi, Ilorin, Enugu, Kane, Lagos, Gombe, Uyo, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices as well through its telephone lines and email.
The public notice was signed by EFCC’s spokesperson, Oladele Oyewale.
Even though the EFCC statement did not disclose details of the “corruption and forgery” allegations over which the former minister is being wanted but Agunloye, a few months ago, spoke publicly about his investigation by the commission over the stalled multi-billion-dollar Mambilla Hydropower Project.
The former Minister had then confirmed that he had been detained and interrogated by the EFCC over the case.
