Lagos Country Club’s crisis deepens as EFCC investigates financial impropriety

The Lagos Country Club’s crisis has deepened with the invitation by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of its officers for questioning on festering allegations of financial improprieties levelled against the immediate past leadership.

Those to whom the finger Haa been pointed are former president of the Club, Mr. Seyi Adewunmi; Vice President, Engr. Tunji Amosu; Treasurer, Otunba Abimbola Olaniyi; Architect Tokunbo Ashiru, council member, and Osemoje Lato, social secretary of the immediate past Management Council.

The crisis which blew open in February last year, after some members of the defunct management council sought the intervention of the Federal High Court Lagos to remain in office despite the weighty allegations of financial infractions against them presented in the petitions submitted by two members of the Club, has remained unresolved.

Registered Trustees of the Club led by Aare Kola Oyefeso also sued the members of the management council to enforce the suspension of the management council following the lack of quorum arising from the constitutional requirement that any officer with an allegation of offences should step aside until investigation is concluded, and he or she is found not guilty.

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Later, in July 2024, the Federal High Court Lagos issued a consent judgement which put in place a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Club until cases at the Federal High Court, were dispensed with.

Sources within the Club affirmed that though the former Secretary General, Dr. Tunde Bajela was invited by EFCC, his role was to assist the investigators to unravel matters of financial impropriety that took place in the club.

The new development, according to some members, appears to signpost the culmination of the frustration by the majority of members about the attempt by some officers of the Club to prevent the investigation of the allegations against the alleged offenders.