#DasukiGate: Drama As EFCC Arrests Iyiola Omisore In Abuja

•Only my body will follow you, ex-Deputy Governor tells EFCC team
After  about three months of hide and seek, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested a former Deputy Governor of Osun State,  Otunba Iyiola Omisore.

The anti-graft agency arrested him in Abuja for the N4.745billion  allegedly allocated to him and others by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA).

So far, only N1.31 billion has been traced to Omisore and three companies.

Embattled Ekiti Governor Fayose, former minister of State for Defence Musiliu Obanikoro are his suspected accomplices.

The arrest of Omisore was with a tinge of drama. He reportedly locked himself up in the master’s bedroom to evade arrest by EFCC operatives, sources said.
EFCC operatives climbed a balcony to enter the room where a “jittery” Omisore was arrested. Found in his room, said the source, are $21,000 and about N1million cash.

Sensitive documents relating to transfer of funds to slush companies by ONSA, the National Assembly and some companies were also recovered from Omisore,The Nation learnt.
Omisore reportedly told the EFCC team: “I will not follow you; only my corpse will follow you.”

He reportedly surrendered when the siege to his house was daunting.

 The source said:

 “We had intelligence report that Omisore was at his 1, Kainji Crescent in Maitama, Abuja. We set out at 6am to invite him but when we got there; we were told he was not in town.
“We went into the compound and gained access to the house. We started searching the rooms one by one. At a point, we discovered that the master’s bedroom was locked. We asked them to open it but they said, they had no key to it. Having been aware of our presence, Omisore had firmly locked up himself to evade arrest.
“We surrounded the place with armed policemen and entered the master bedroom through the balcony. When we met him, we showed him a court warrant of arrest and a search warrant fully endorsed by a competent court.
“We searched his  room afterwards and we discovered documents linking him to those  companies used for laundering of money from ONSA , National Assembly and some firms which they forced to part with cash to fund political campaign.
“Some of the documents on landed properties which he bought with these slush funds.

“When we finished the search,  we showed him the warrant of arrest but he retired into a mild drama that he would not go to the EFCC office.
“Omisore, who knew the game was up said: ‘I will not follow you, only my corpse   will follow you.’ The suspense continued until his lawyer, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, asked him to go to  EFCC headquarters.
“After then, we took him to the office and obtained  a statement from him. During interrogation,  he admitted that  he is a director of some of the companies linked to him . ONSA, National Assembly and some firms that paid huge funds into the accounts of these companies .”
According to the source, Omisore told detectives that the companies paid the funds  under investigation to him but they were the money he loaned them.
“We have served him bail conditions, it is left to him to meet these terms to regain freedom. So far, we have detained him,” the source said.

According to a report by the EFCC, the funds were  remitted as follows: Fimex Gilt Limited(N160m)-8/8/2014in UBA; Metropolitan Consortium (N350m)—9/7/14 in First Bank; Sawanara (N300m)—1/8/14 in First Bank and Metropolitan Consortium(N350m)-1/8/14 in First Bank.
The anti-graft agency through a letter, of April 7, 2016 invited Omisore for interrogation.
Instead of honouring the invitation, Omisore wrote a letter through one of his lawyers, Wole Jimi-Bada and Co. that the interview should be rescheduled to Thursday, April 14, 2016.