Nigeria’s anti-graft and financial police said Tuesday night it has arrested a footballer with one of the country’s storied football club.
Dayo Oginni, who plays for the feeder team of 3SC FC of Ibadan was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Tuesday in the Oyo State capital city along with his brother-in-law Alabi Okikiola and his friend Jonas Okwuwe.
EFCC said in a statement that 3SC confirmed Oginni was its player but claimed he has not been training with his colleagues “for a long while”.
“Their arrest followed a petition from a neighbour, who raised high suspicion on the reckless and flamboyant life the suspect lived, without any known reasonable source of income,” EFCC said in the statement. Read more