‘I’ll prove my innocence’: Suspended Edo AG speaks on fraud allegation

The suspended Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie, has denied committing financial infraction of any kind.

Osagie, who made the denial via a statement issued on Thursday, February 6, 2025, vowed to prove his innocence.

He stated: “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.

Edo govt suspends Attorney General, LG commission chairman for fraud

“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 laboured to build over the years.”

The Secretary to the Edo State Government, Musa Ikhilor, had announced the suspension of Osagie alongside the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Damian Lawani, over allegations of grave official and financial infractions.

The embattled commissioner, a former House of Representatives member, was suspended less than three months in office.

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo had earlier suspended the Executive Director of the State Flood Erosion and Watershed Management Agency (FEWMA), Ahmed Momoh, over alleged insubordination.

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