Why EFCC Declared Me Wanted
OpenLife Nigeria reports that Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto, Sijibomi Ogundele, has explained what transpired that led to him being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
In a video shared online, Ogundele said it was a case of a deal gone bad, promising to visit the anti-graft agency to clear his name.
He said, “I’m not a thief, I’m not a fugitive. This is a contract between my company and Enugu State Government. Enugu State Government asked me to help them build a couple of things which was very interesting. I was going to the state every week.
“In the middle of the project, the governor said he wanted to build a city and he wanted to build the tallest building in Nigeria.
“I was in agreement with the government after they took us to court. Now they declared me wanted, they destroyed my company that I built. I am going to the EFCC office, to clear my name, in the last five years prices have gone crazy, something I could have done in two years was delayed.”
He was declared wanted in a notice signed by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, and published on its official X handle on Friday.
The notice stated: “The public is hereby notified that Olasijibomi Ogundele of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in an alleged case of diversion of funds and money laundering.
“Ogundele is a 44-year-old indigene of Ori-Ade Local Government Area of Osun State. His last known address is: G29, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
“Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja offices, or through 08093322644; its e-mail address: info@efcc.gov.ng, or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.”
While the EFCC has not revealed the amount allegedly misappropriated, the declaration confirms that the businessman is currently under investigation for major financial crimes.
Born in Agege, Nigeria on April 8, 1981, Olasijibomi Ogundele is a Nigerian real estate entrepreneur. He is the ambassador to the Executive Governor of Lagos State.
He attended Lagos State Model College, Merina and thereafter proceeded to the Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge Campus, United Kingdom to study law.
Sijibomi started his career as a real estate agent in France in 2011 then he founded Sujimoto Construction in 2013.
In 2020, Sijibomi was named in Nigeria’s Top 10 list of Real Estate Disruptors then in August 2022, he was inducted as Lagos State Governor’s ambassador, he was also listed among 60 leading real estate CEOs of 2022 in Nigeria by The Guardian.
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