The Department of State Services has arrested and detained the Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Toyin Ojo.
He was said to have been detained since Monday when he reported at the national headquarters of the service in Abuja.
Our correspondent also gathered that the service had invited two other commissioners in the state.
The commissioners are Owoseni Ajayi(Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice) and Mr. Kolapo Kolade(Local Government Affairs).
It was gathered that the security operatives had equally invited a member of the state Judicial Service Commission, Mr. Obafemi Adewale.
Ojo joined a member of the state House of Assembly, representing Efon Alaaye Constituency, Mr. Afolabi Akani, and another member, Mr. Musa Arogundade, who is representing Ado Ekiti Constituency 1, who have been undergoing interrogation at the DSS office in Abuja since Friday.
Also in the DSS net is Mr. Ropo Ogunjobi, who was recently sacked by the governor as the Chairman of the state Internal Revenue Board.
The government of Governor Ayodele Fayose is said to be undergoing what a security source
described as “multi-faceted probe over sundry allegations.”
A former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Dr. Temitope Aluko, had alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan gave Fayose $35m to prosecute the June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state.
Before that money was given, Aluko further alleged that the former President had given Fayose another $2m to enable him to win the PDP governorship primary.
Though Fayose had yet to openly deny the allegation of the money allegedly given to him, he had said he was helped by many people during his quest to win the governorship election.
Aluko was also the star witness for the governor while Fayose was defending his election at the State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal
The commissioner for finance was said to be undergoing interrogation on how the N5.2bn that was said to have been paid to the state for the money spent on federal roads during the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan was spent.
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