The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo.
Channels TV reports that he was arrested around 9 am at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
Quoting sources, it said that the speaker was picked up by officials of the EFCC to answer questions bordering on alleged financial crimes.
The leadership of the Commission has kept mum over the arrest but they are expected to issue a statement shortly.
But a source within the Commission admitted that he had been invited by the EFCC several times but failed to honour the invitations.
Oluomo has been taken to the EFCC’s Lagos office for further questioning.
Meanwhile, Ogun State House of Assembly has remained calm after the arrest.
Although the situation remains calm, the gate leading to the assembly complex remains closed as men of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps manned the entrance gate.
Similarly, the entrance to the area was restricted as visitors in and outside the complex were turned back.
In its own version, The Punch reports that Oluomo was arrested over allegations bordering on financial crimes.
A staff member at the assembly who pleaded anonymity said the speaker was picked up this morning at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by operatives following a tip-off.
The source said Oluomo was undergoing further grilling in the custody of the agency.
He was said to have been on the wanted list of the commission following his failure to honour EFCC invitation several times.
He and some others were accused of forging signatures and financial documents of the assembly.
An attempt to get confirmation from the EFCC failed as the spokesperson for Lagos zonal office, Ayo Oyewole, refused to answer the calls.
