Iyiola Omisore, former deputy governor of Osun state, dared
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by appearing on Politics
Today, a programme on Channels Television, on Thursday.
The commission said it had obtained a warrant to arrest
Omisore.
But Omisore denied the allegation of the EFCC, saying he has
not been invited even for once. He had earlier accused the agency of being a
tool for witch-hunting opponents of the federal government.
Omisore also challenged the commission to present any
evidence it has against him in the court.
In his words, Omisore said: “It is rather unfortunate that
the EFCC can declare me wanted after we met in court 9am that same day.
“EFCC came to court to ask for time to reply my summons.
There was no time that I refused to honour EFCC. The point is that a company
that I guaranteed worked for the office of the former NSA (Sambo Dasuki), were
paid, they even sued NSA for part of their payment, so I don’t have anything to
do with that.
“I just saw on their website that they had declared me
wanted and I was surprised and highly embarrassed. I am not aware of what they
are talking about. I didn’t take a kobo from NSA.
“They did not even invite me. The offence EFCC committed is
the gravest in the world. I am going sue them for libel.
“I have given them seven days notice which expired today,
and by tomorrow, I am suing them for libel. They embarrassed me all over the
world. All my clients, including World Bank and the African Development Bank
(AFDB) are worried. I never had anything to do with the office of the NSA.
Never in my lifetime.”
The anti-graft agency declared Omisore wanted last week,
saying the politician has refused to honour its invitation to make
clarification over the N700 million he allegedly collected from the office of
Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser, between June and November, 2014.
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