Oyo council worker bags jail term for illegal sale of land

The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency on Thursday announced the conviction of a local government worker in the state over the illegal sale of land belonging to the State Housing Corporation.

A statement on Thursday, signed by the Executive Secretary of the agency, I.O Tijani, on behalf of the Chairman of OYACA, Honorable Justice Eni Esan (retd.) called on civil servants to desist from all acts of corruption.

The convict, Adesina Olanrewaju Oyegoke, an Assistant Chief Executive Officer with the Estate Department of Lagelu Local Government, Ibadan, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for a three-count of official corruption under the OYACA Law 2019.