The suspended Edo Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie has denied committing any financial infraction of any kind.
Osagie, who made the denial in a statement issued on Thursday in Benin, vowed to prove his innocence.
“My attention has just been drawn to a Government special announcement in which I was alleged to have been engaged in financial infractions with the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission and therefore suspended.
“Let me state unequivocally that I am not and was never involved in any financial dealing with anyone nor committed any financial infraction of any kind.
“I was also not confronted with the said allegations by anyone before my suspension was announced.
“I shall be ready, willing, and prepared to defend myself and prove my innocence in order to clear my name and hard-earned reputation, which I have labored to build over the years”, he said.
Mr Musa Ikhilor, Secretary to the Edo Government, announced the suspension of Osagie and Damian Lawani, Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission in the state, over allegations of grave official and financial infractions.
The embattled commissioner, a former House of Representatives member, was suspended after less than three months in office. On Monday, Okpebholo also suspended Mr. Ahmed Momoh, the Executive Director of the State Flood Erosion and Watershed Management Agency (FEWMA), for alleged insubordination.
