Olaposi Sunday Oginni
By Our Reporter
Former chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ogun State, Olaposi Sunday Oginni, has been arrested by police operatives for alleged financial impropriety, fraud, money laundering and terrorism financing in parts of the country.
Oginni, recently expelled from NNPP by the national leadership of the party over alleged anti-party activities, was arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital by detectives from the Force Headquarters Abuja on Tuesday.
He was first detained in Lafenwa Police Station before he moved to Abuja on Wednesday.
The arrest, it was learnt, followed a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba by E.A Igwe & Co, Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on behalf of the Board of Trustees and members of NNPP.
The petition marked EAV/MISC/05/1992/2023 dated May 20, 2023 with the heading: ”Call for the arrest of the culprits and to subject them to the full wrath of the law” alleged Oginni was accused of operating secret accounts and allegedly diverted party’s money into it as well as collecting money from governorship aspirants on behalf of NNPP and failing to remit same to party.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun State Command, Omolola Odutola, declined comment on the incident, saying detectives that arrested Oginni were not from Ogun Police Command.
