Ogun LG Urges EFCC and ICPC to Release Probe Report on Alleged Funds Diversion

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) have been asked to release their findings from investigations into the alleged diversion of Ogun State Local Government (LG) funds under the current administration.

The request was made in Abuja on Monday by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). The coalition cited a lack of transparency in contract awards as the mechanism by which LG funds were allegedly mismanaged.

Representing the coalition on the platform of Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiative (LYLI), the group stated that “the most glaring internal crisis of this administration remains the strangulation of the third tier of government.”

Speaking for the group, Executive Director Lekan Oladapo explained that without a robust and functioning local government administration, hardly any federal programme can operate effectively anywhere in the country, including Ogun State.

“We recall the 2023 petition by the former Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Hon. Wale Adedayo, who courageously affirmed that the Ogun State Government had consistently withheld federal allocations and Ecological Funds meant for the 20 local governments in the state,” Oladapo said.

“Despite the administration’s denials, the reality on the ground has indeed shown that the Local Governments have operated under a ‘zero allocation’ reality, where they are unable to perform basic functions like rural road grading or maintaining primary health centres without begging the state executive for ‘intervention funds.’”

“This is a direct affront to the Supreme Court’s ruling on financial autonomy for Nigeria’s 774 local governments. It is also a direct assault on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s efforts to reposition the grassroots for quality developments,” the group added.

The coalition also questioned what it described as the “closed‑door” nature of public procurement in Ogun State.

The group cited a case in April 2026 when civil society groups such as the Right Thinkers Global Initiative (Eagleping) were forced to invoke the Freedom of Information Act just to obtain details on the N1.39 billion New Ogun State House of Assembly Complex project.

It challenged the state government to present a major, newly constructed, and fully functional state hospital built from the ground up in the last seven years.