The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former Special Adviser to the Kwara
State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, Ope Saraki, who is also a
cousin to Senate President Bukola Saraki for an alleged N371m scam.
The EFCC said in a statement by its
spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, that a former Commissioner for
Information, Olatunji Moronfoye, was also arraigned before Justice
Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin for
offences bordering on abuse of office, diversion of public funds and
money laundering.
While Moronfoye served as commissioner
under Saraki when he was the governor of Kwara State, Ope served under
the current Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed.
Moronfoye and Saraki, who were first
arraigned on May 13, 2015, had to re-enter their plea on Tuesday
following the transfer of the former trial judge, Justice A. O. Faji.