A lotto turf war between Chief Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu and Senator Buruji Kashamu has snowballed into a probe of Adebutu’s Premier Lotto company by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
According to a report by Premium Times, EFCC detectives have been poring through the books of the gambling mogul’s company to ascertain whether there has been a tax fraud and what it is owing the Nigerian government treasury.
The newspaper also reported that one of Adebutu’s sons, Segun has been questioned by EFCC officials in Lagos.
There has been no official confirmation of the probe by the EFCC so far.
Chief Adebutu and Kashamu are no strangers to each other. They clashed on the political turf in Ogun State in the run-up to the 2019 governorship election. Kashamu insisted he was the PDP candidate and got all the court orders to shut out Adebutu’s son, Ladi from the race, despite the older Adebutu’s efforts to get his son on the ballot.
Their skirmish has now shifted to the business arena.
Fingers crossed.
