JUST IN: Presidency To Verify Gov. Makinde’s Source of Wealth

Anti corruption agency under the Presidency, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), has said it will verify the N48 billion worth of assets declared by the newly inaugurated Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. 

The Director, Oyo state office of CCB, Mr. Moses Atolagbe, disclosed this to reporters in Ibadan on Wednesday.
He stated that the verification will commence as soon as relevant directives were given from the CCB headquarters. 
Mouthpiece NG recall Governor Makinde had made his assets public on Monday through his press secretary, Taiwo Adisa. 
Details of the assets as contained in the CCB 1 with the name Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, which was declared at the High Court of Oyo State, on May 28, 2019, indicated that the Governor is worth over N48 billion.
Atolagbe also said assets of the officials of the last administration in the state would be verified, adding that there were a few people in the last administration of the state who were yet to comply with asset declaration.
He said: “We have a few people that have not complied with the position of the law. 
“They are very few in number; some of them are out of the country and others are based it on health ground.
“They have got in touch with the bureau and one of them showed up on Monday.
“We will just give them a little ample opportunity when they don’t comply they would be prosecuted.
  
“We have done that before, a former commissioner Oyo State in time past had been prosecuted for failure to comply.”

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