The speaker of Ogun state house of assembly, Olakunle Oluomo has been charged by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly laundering Ogun state funds.
Oluomo is facing an eleven count charge as well as the Clerk of the House, Taiwo Adeyemo and one Oladayo Samuel.
The trio are being accused by the EFCC of laundering more that 2.465 billion naira.
The anti crime commission is represented by Barrister Rotimi Oyedepo while the accused men are differently represented by Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), Akinyemi Aremu and Oluwole Aladedoye at the Federal high court in Lagos.
They were all said to have sometimes in 2019 in the Ogun State capital, Abeokuta conspired amongst themselves to launder more than Two Billion, Four Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira from the treasury of the Ogun State House of Assembly.
The alleged offence is said to be contrary to sections 18 (a), 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under section 15 (3)of the same Act.
The Ogun State Speaker of the House of Assembly, OlaKunle oluomo, 2 others plead not guilty to 11-count charge.