EFCC chairman orders arrest of ‘officer’ who appeared on Lege Miami matchmaking show

The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the arrest of one Olakunle Alex Folarin, a former employee of the Commission, who recently appeared in a Lege Miami matchmaking show run on social media platforms.

EFCC said this in a statement issued to react to the controversies that have trailed the appearance of Folarin on the Lege Miami show

According to the statement, Olukoyede ordered the arrest of Folarin for refusing to surrender his ID card and other properties of the Commission when he was sacked.

“The Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has ordered his arrest for having some Commission’s properties, including an Identity Card, which he should have handed over upon being dismissed from the EFCC,” Dele Oyewale, the spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, said this in the statement issued on Monday.

Oyewale, in the statement, noted that Folarin, who was employed as a driver by the Ibadan Directorate of the Commission, was recently dismissed for certificate forgery.

The anti-graft agency also advised the public not to associate Folarin’s post-dismissal conduct with the EFCC.

The full statement by Oyewale reads “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, condemned in the strongest terms, the involvement of one of its former staff, Olakunle Alex Folarin in a matchmaking programme running on Lege Miami social media platforms.

Folarin was recently dismissed from the Commission for certificate forgery. He was a driver at the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the EFCC.

“The Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has ordered his arrest for being in possession of some Commission’s properties, including an Identity Card, which he should have handed over upon being dismissed from the EFCC.

“The public is advised against associating Folarin’s post-dismissal conduct with the EFCC.”