{"id":1224,"date":"2026-04-12T20:53:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:53:37","slug":"ondo-finance-commissioner-quizzed-over-attempted-murder-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/ondo-finance-commissioner-quizzed-over-attempted-murder-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ondo Finance Commissioner Quizzed Over Attempted Murder Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5818.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5818.png 414w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5818-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Omowunmi Isaac,has been formally invited by the Nigeria Police Force over her alleged involvement in a high-profile criminal investigation bordering on attempted murder and conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The invitation, which emanated from the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, was signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Mayamba Magomya Aliya and she is expected to be quizzed on Wednesday 15th April, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the official communication, the police are probing a case involving allegations of criminal conspiracy, attempted murder, threat to life, assault, and the infliction of grievous bodily harm. Mrs. Isaac\u2019s name was said to have featured prominently in a report submitted to the police authorities, prompting her invitation for questioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter further stated that the action is in accordance with Section 53(2)(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, which empowers law enforcement agencies to invite individuals whose statements may be relevant to ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While details of the underlying incident remain sketchy, the development signals a significant escalation in the matter, as attention now turns to the role the finance commissioner may have played in the alleged offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of the time of filing this report, there has been no official response from Mrs. Isaac or the Ondo State Government regarding the allegations or the police invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force has yet to release further details but reiterated its commitment to a thorough and impartial investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Omowunmi Isaac,has been formally invited by the Nigeria Police Force over her alleged involvement in a high-profile criminal&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1226,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions\/1226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}