The Sixteen suspended Local Council Chairmen of Kwara State are currently facing probe at the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged mismanagement.
The council Chairs include: Risikat Opakunle, Saidu Yaru Musa, Umar Belle, Ayeni Dallas, Fatai Adeniyi Garba, Lah Abdulmumeen, Raliat Funmi Salau, Aminat Omodara, Muyiwa Oladipo.
Others are, Oladipo Omole, Abdullahi Abubakar Bata, Saka Eleyele, Lateef Gbadamosi, Oni Adebayo Joseph, Omokanye Joshua Olatunji and Jibril Salihu.
Theinformant247 learnt that the Council bosses after obtaining the loans had a meeting and diverted one hundred million naira for personal use.
The political administrators, were among other offences accused of receiving monthly ten percent of the internally generated revenue by Kwara Inland Revenue Service in their councils directly into their personal accounts against the Financial Regulations.
The suspects, during interrogation allegedly confessed to receipt of ten percent of the internally generated revenue, pleading with the EFCC for soft-landing and accord them privilege to refund money.
As at the time of filing this report, the chairmen were said to be in custody of the EFCC.