The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a Lagos-based businessman, Olasijibomi Ogundele, wanted for alleged diversion of funds and money laundering.
Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, in a wanted notice he signed and posted on the commission’s X handle appealed to members of the public for information that will lead to discovery of Ogundele’s whereabouts.
“The public is hereby notified that Olasijibomi Ogundele of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in an alleged case of diversion of funds and money laundering.
“Ogundele is a 44-year-old indigene of Ori-Ade Local Government Area of Osun State. His last known address is: G29, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
“Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja offices, or through 08093322644; its e-mail address: info@efcc.gov.ng, or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies,” the wanted notice read.
Ogundele is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Luxury Construction, a company into high-end real estate developments in Lagos.
Recall that EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede recently affirmed at a programme that there is high use of real estate developers as conduit pipes for money laundering.
“By virtue of the empirical evidence we have gathered and some of the things we have seen, statistics and reports, we discovered that the issue of money laundering is very rampant among estate developers, extremely rampant,” Olukoyede declared.
