The petition explained that the document was presented as a House Resolution bearing Reference Number ODHA/98/253/271, titled: "Request for House of Assembly Resolution to Amend and Re-direct Certain Line Items in the 2025 Approved OSOPADEC Budget."
A civil society group, Ondo State Concerned Youth for Good Governance, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Adesanmi Oladiji, the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gbegudu Ololade, and the Clerk of the House, Jayeola B.T., Esq., of allegedly conspiring to forge the signatures of lawmakers to fraudulently amend and approve a budget involving N70 billion without the knowledge or approval of members of the state legislature.
The petition, dated July 27, 2026, was addressed to the Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC, Ado-Ekiti Zonal Directorate, signed by Abel Kosoko, Esq., counsel to Ondo State Concerned Youth for Good Governance.
According to the petition obtained by SaharaReporters, the group alleged that the three principal officers of the Assembly carried out the fraudulent act on December 11, 2025, by forging the signatures of members of the Ondo State House of Assembly to pass an amended budget of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC).
