Suspended Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie, has denied any financial infractions following his suspension on Wednesday.
Osagie, along with Damian Lawani, Chairman of the Edo State Local Government Service Commission, was suspended over alleged official and financial misconduct.
The suspension was announced in a letter dated February 5, 2025, and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Musa Ikhilor.
Governor Monday Okpebholo also set up a committee to investigate the claims.
In a statement on Thursday, Osagie strongly refuted the allegations and expressed his readiness to defend his innocence.
“My attention has just been drawn to a Government special announcement dated February 5, 2025, in which I was alleged to have been engaged in financial infractions with the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission and therefore suspended,” Osagie stated.
He continued, “Let me state unequivocally that I am not and was never involved in any financial dealing with anyone nor committed any financial infraction of any kind. I was also not confronted with the said allegations by anyone after my suspension was announced.”
Osagie expressed confidence in his ability to clear his name, adding, “I will be prepared to defend myself and prove my innocence in order to clear my name and hard-earned reputation, which I have laboured to build over the years.”
