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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Osun State Government says it will obtain an official copy of a United States court judgment that sentenced Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, to prison for COVID-19 relief fund fraud before taking any decision on his traditional stool.<\/p>\n

Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Dosu Babatunde, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He stressed that the state would not act based on unverified social media reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it may be true that the monarch has been convicted and jailed, there is no official record before us,\u201d Babatunde said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will ensure that the Certified True Copy of the judgment is obtained. After carefully studying it, the government will then decide the appropriate steps to take. We cannot rely on Facebook posts and online stories to justify a matter of this magnitude,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Oba Oloyede, 62, who holds dual citizenship of Nigeria and the United States, was on Tuesday handed a 56-month prison sentence by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay $4,408,543.38 in restitution.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, the monarch forfeited his Medina, Ohio residence, purchased with proceeds from the fraud, alongside $96,006.89 traced to the scheme.<\/p>\n

Investigators found him guilty of leading a conspiracy that manipulated COVID-19 emergency loan programs created to support struggling small businesses during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Osun State Government says it will obtain an official copy of a United States court judgment that sentenced Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, to prison for COVID-19 relief fund fraud before taking any decision on his traditional stool. 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