The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alleged that former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore recieved the sum of N1.310bn through his companies from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.

The EFCC alleged that the sum emanated from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014 and was part of the N4.7bn allegedly transferred to the Diamond Bank account of Sylvan McNamara for onwards disbursement by a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and his two sons, Gbolahan and Babajide.

The two sons of the former Minister are signatories to the company’s bank account, PUNCH reports.

The report quoted the anti-graft agency as saying Omisore received the said amount in four tranches from Sylvan McNamara between July and August 2014, a few weeks before the Osun State governorship election which he lost.

The newspaper stated that a document detailing the transaction showed that the money was paid into three company accounts allegedly belonging to Omisore.

An operative who spoke with the newspaper said, “On July 9, 2014, N150m was paid into the bank account of Sawanara at First Bank. On August 1, 2014, N300m was paid into Sawanara Limited.

“On August 8, 2014, about N160m was paid into the bank account of Fimex Gilt Limited domiciled at UBA. On the day of the election, August 9, 2014, N350m was paid into the First Bank account of Metropolitan Consortium.”