Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, has ordered the remand of the general manager of Kwara State Television Authority, Alhaji Adulfatai Adewale Adebowale in Oke Kura Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application.

This followed his arraignment today on six-count charge bordering on corrupt practices by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Trouble started for Adebowale when some staffers of the television station petitioned the EFCC, alleging that the Adebowale sold 10 plots of land allocated to workers by the state government and converted the proceeds to his personal use.


The petitioners also alleged that the defendant used his influence to allocate a portion of the land to his daughter who is not a staff of the television station.

Count three of the charge reads: “That you, Abdulfatai Adewale Adebowale, being a public officer, as the General Manager of Kwara State Television Authority, sometime between May 2015 and June 2015, in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kwara State, used your office to confer corrupt advantage upon yourself, when you received a cash deposit of the sum of N2,350,000.00 (Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only, through your Stanbic IBTC Bank account number: 0007306612 from Sulyman Abdulkareem, being proceeds from the sale of land, allocated to staff of Kwara State Television and thereby committed an offence, contrary to and punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act, 2000.”

Adebowale pleaded not guilty to all the charges, prompting prosecution counsel, Christopher Mschelia to ask the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in prison custody.

Citing the ill-health of the defendant, defence counsel, D.B Hasana, prayed the court to rather remand the defendant in the custody of the EFCC.

Justice Oyinloye adjourned the matter till Tuesday, November 12 for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded in Oke Kura Correctional Centre.

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There was a country

Omo ole jati jati

Giant strides are being made

Greed

Sold 10 plots of land for 2million? Na so land cheap for Ilorin abi Na me no understand the matter?

See his bear, when looking at his face u will think he is a pious man.
I don't know who cursed us as a country

2.3 million naira. Haba...

Some people no dey shame.

With this I can deduce that more than 70% of Nigerians are criminals one way or another.
What usually disturbs me is how these people with questionable characters or proceeds always complain that the politicians are the major problems that we have, whereas they are the PRINCIPAL ISSUE

Good..

Let him go and chop some beans small

Greedy mfks everywhere.

Well....

See my siggy

Was his salary not enough?

Am sure the man would give you a good lecture telling you how corrupt the Country is...

That is the country we live in...

Can u imagine?

The chicken in Kwara is coming home to roost.

This is the number one problems of Nigerians.. Greediness.

Only u wan chop and others should start suffering abi.. God punish u with ur family in Jesus name

Kudos to the staffs.

Nigeria is standing on corruption. Everyone of us is guilty of corruption one way or the other, and a formidable economy can't be built on corruption, and corruption can't be eradicated with this our mindset and greed....

LOCAL MAN IS JUST CONFUSED

shugabasbn:
See his bear, when looking at his face u will think he is a pious man.
I don't know who cursed us as a country

A kwaran says it's a common ploy by the Ilorins to disguise their dubious character using religion as a cover. This one is using beard, many other crooks in that town display "sujud" mark on their foreheads to deceive the gullible that they're practicing muslims. The poster who is wondering how land could be so cheap in ilorin for 10 plots to sell for the ridiculous N2m+ doesnt know that the man sold the land to himself using proxies.

Yet the TV station (KwaraTv) is the worst station in Nigeria.
Kwara civil servants are more corrupt than their politicians.
It's in Kwara state one man will be receiving 60 individual salary.
That was how a civil servant of level 14 built a big hotel with many properties.
Thank God for EFCC

Barawo

This one will still blame politicians and police for the problems in the country. The average Nigerian is a thief

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At least his children will know that their dad na thief....

Truth are far..we are being embedded with lies and corruptions..look at this old folks embarrassing himself upadan..25year jail term if found guilty awaiting him

Impunity and corrupt practices have been our problems. Good for him!

Buhari