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The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the executive director of Kwara state harmony holdings, Adebayo Sanni, and quizzed a Navy commander, J.A Taiwo (rtd), over their alleged involvement in fraudulent acquisition of some landed properties belonging to the state government. both men are classmates of the immediate past governor of the state, Abdulfatah Ahmed.
            In a statement on its Facebook page, the commission said the landed properties are located in harmony reserved area of Ilorin, the state capital and Galadimawa area of Abuja, the nation's capital. It also said that others who benefited from the illegal sharing of the choice lands include, a political leader in the state, Ishola Balogun-Fulani, Alhaji Isiaka Oniwa, Alhaji Jimoh Oniwa, Olapeju Fausat Ogunlade, among others. According to the anti-graft agency, Taiwo was found to have been allocated three plots of land in an estate within harmony reserved area, Ilorin and five plots in Galadimawa area of Abuja without paying a dime to the state government, while Sanni was found to have allocated five plots of land in Ilorin and Abuja to himself without following due process. The EFCC said some others involved in the land grabbing have started making payments for their allocations, following their interrogation by the operatives of the agency while others have promised to make payments before the week runs out. It also noted that movable properties belonging to the state government were being looted by highly placed individuals in the state.