₦airaland Forum

1. Ambassador Ayo Oke was sacked as the Director General of Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, October 30, 2017.

2. Amb. Oke was appointed DG NIA by then President Goodluck Jonathan on November 7, 2013. He succeeded Ezekiel Olaniyi Oladeji.

3. He hails from Oyo State.

4. He studied economics and political science at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia in the United States.

5. He was previously the Director (Regions) at the headquarters of the NIA, before his appointment to head the agency.

6. Ambassador Oke is a career diplomat who was formerly at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.

7. In April 2017, he was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari after Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials raided an apartment at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos (which he later described as a ‘safe house’) and found US$43.4 million, and nearly £27,800 and some N23million Naira ($75,000) at the empty flat.

fergie001:
They were charged with the theft and laundering of staggering amounts of public money. One of the EFCC charges relates to roughly $43 million, £28 thousand, and ₦23 million, $160 million that the couple allegedly diverted from the FG for their own use.


The EFCC withdrew the charges in June 2023, less than one month after President Tinubu took oath of office.

Ofunaofu:
A looter.

Tinubu can only appoint his kind.

Treasury looters.

MaziObinnaokija:
.Hopefully, OBI will make the list/Ambassador u9 Sudan

Ofunaofu:
Is that the reason Tinubu appointed a Treasury looter like him as ambassador

DavidVsGoliath:
Hmmm, it is well

Why is he the only one ? Aijt there other qualified persons

DavidVsGoliath:
Hmmm, it is well

Why is he the only one ? Aijt there other qualified persons

Beremx:
Na wa for Tinubu o!!!!

I clicked to read profile and I shake my head.

So no credible person for the appointment from SW? Must it be someone with criminal record? Imagine such a criminal as an ambassador.


O ga o!!!

fergie001:
Ayodele Oke



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On February 7/2019, the Federal High Court in Lagos issued a warrant for the arrest of Oke and his wife Folasade following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Just before they were due to appear in court, they apparently left the country for "medical treatment," and the Nigeria media is not reporting where they are now. The EFCC further declared the couple wanted after their failure to respond to a court summons.

They were charged with the theft and laundering of staggering amounts of public money. One of the EFCC charges relates to roughly $43 million, £28 thousand, and ₦23 million—all in cash—that the EFCC found in their apartment in Lagos in 2017 following a raid. Another charge relates to $160 million that the couple allegedly diverted from the FG for their own use.

In 2017, Oke was suspended as Director General of the NIA. Vice president Yemi Osibaijo headed a committee that investigated the incident and recommended to President Buhari that the he be removed.

The EFCC withdrew the charges in June 2023, less than one month after President Tinubu took oath of office.

sulaak:
Why was he not imprisoned for stealing $43 million