Aghogho cooperative:

Treasurer allegedly accused the chairman of N9m misappropriation

By Our Reporter

The embattled treasurer of Aghogho multi-purpose cooperative, Mr. Aguwax Sharppillo has accused the chairman of the cooperative, Mr. Goodluck Orie for allegedly misappropriating about N9million belonging to the cooperative and in his effort to cover up, the police connived with him to recover all financial documents with him as the treasurer.

Mr. Sharppillo, while speaking to some selected journalists, he narrated that he was suspended unjustly without following due process because he was not present at that meeting and wondered why such a key decision would be taken without his consent as a founding member. He noted that the witch-hunting started by the chairman in connivance with others as soon as he raised the issue of misappropriation by the chairman.

“I noted that all monthly contributions were no longer coming to me on time as the treasurer and I raised the issue in one of our meeting, there we discovered that the chairman is with the money not knowing that the financial secretary was handing over money to him instead of the treasurer and this did not go down well with the chairman, since then, he started plotting my removal without going by the by laws of Lagos state guiding cooperatives.”

Mr. Aguwax further narrated that after receiving a suspension letter allegedly masterminded by the chairman in a Kangaroo meeting, on the 7^th of December, the chairman, Mr. Orie came with the police from Ajeromi station to arrest him and forcefully collected all financial documents from him without obtaining statement from him (meaning the DPO was not aware of his arrest) noting that, those tactics were used so as to frustrate him from not having any evidence for him to indict the chairman stressing that he remains the treasurer of the cooperative because he cannot be suspended in a Kangaroo meeting presided over by the chairman in connivance with some unfaithful members of the cooperative.

Meanwhile, in a swift reaction to the allegations raised by Mr. Sharppillo, the chairman Mr. Goodluck Orie stressed that Mr. Sharppillo suspension follows due process because he was sent a text message to attend the meeting to have an apple opportunity to defend himself but he choose the other way round hence the police was called upon to officially invite him to surrender all financial documents with him pending when his suspension will elapse because he was suspended for a period of six months due to some anomalies discovered in the financial books where money received by him were not deposited at the bank.