Honourable Leo Ogor is in hot soup as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained a warrant to arrest the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

Honourable Leo Ogor

Insiders at the EFCC told us that… “We have been inviting the lawmaker to explain his role in the scam since last year but he has refused to come forward. Rather, he sent word to us saying he would not be able to come until December. We have therefore obtained a warrant for his arrest and we will declare him wanted soon.”

The lawmaker from Delta State is under investigation for abuse of office; awarding constituency projects to his companies; contract splitting; being sole signatory to six accounts, which were not declared in his Asset Declaration Form; and curious payment of over N318m into two of the accounts by the Niger Delta Development Commission for undisclosed projects.

The EFCC had last year blocked over N116m belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain.The cash is the outstanding sum in the accounts of five of the six companies owned by Ogor with which he secured contracts from some agencies as constituency projects.

The EFCC is looking into a curious” payment of over N318m to two of the companies by the Niger Delta Development Commission.

The EFCC is probing Ogor based on a petition against the House leadership by the suspended Appropriation Committee Chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on the alleged padding of the 2016 Budget and the insertion of bogus constituency projects.

EFCC detectives have discovered tha the lawmaker has 30 accounts, including six belonging to his companies, two dormant savings accounts and the rest personal.