By Obinna Uballa
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday declared Olasijibomi Ogundele, a Lagos-based businessman, wanted over alleged diversion of funds and money laundering.
Ogundele is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited. The company deals in real estate.
The anti-graft agency declared Ogundele wanted in a notice published on Friday and signed by Dele Oyewale, EFCC spokesperson.
“The public is hereby notified that OLASIJIBOMI SUJI OGUNDELE of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an alleged case of Diversion of Funds and Money Laundering,” the notice read.
“Ogundele is a 44 year-old indigene of Ori-Ade Local Government of Osun State and his last known address is: G 29, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
“Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja offices or through 08093322644; its e-mail address: [email protected] or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.”
Recall that this is not Ogundele’s first brush with law enforcement in recent times. In October 2024, he was detained at the force criminal investigation department in Abuja over alleged fraud.
The police had received a petition written by Pelumi Olajengbesi, a human rights lawyer, accusing Ogundele of obtaining the sum of $325,000 from one Kabiru Ibrahim by false pretence in November 2020.
In the petition, Olajengbesi alleged that after Ibrahim handed Ogundele the sum as 50 percent payment for a three-bedroom flat in an estate, it was later discovered that Ogundele’s company did not have such a housing project ongoing. However, it is not clear how that matter was resolved as Ogundele was later released by the police.
