Former Executive Secretary, Oyo State Local Government Pension Board, Muili Hakeem Aderemi, and 16 others has been arrested and detained by officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, in connection with the stealing of N1.7 billion meant for the payment of primary school retirees in Oyo State.
The commission made this known in Abuja, yesterday. It states that members of the syndicate were picked up in separate operations by its operatives.
Those arrested are: former Executive Secretary, Oyo State Local Government Pension Board, Muili Hakeem Aderemi, and former Treasurer, Oyo State Local Government Pension Board, Iyabo Giwa.