Andrew Yakubu insulting Nigerians – CACOL flays move to reclaim seized N3bn

March 10, 2017

Executive Chairman of the Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, Debo Adeniran, has lambasted ex-Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, for insulting Nigerians by asking the Federal High Court in Kano to quash the order of interim forfeiture on the $9,772,000 and £74,000 seized from him.

He said the attempt represents how profoundly immoral and shameless Yakubu is, like many others in position of authority in our public offices, who continue to perpetrate and perpetuate corruption.

A statement he signed said it was expected that Yakubu would bury his head in shame rather than resorting to finding ways of maneuvering the judicial processes over his case so he could ‘eat his cake and have it’.

“The level of moral decadence this attempt typifies definitely ranks extremely high in the every known book or records. Examples like him damages grievously the image of this country and people.

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Obanikoro, Yakubu are shameless – CACOL

March 10, 2017

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CACOL said this in reaction to a recent suit filed by Obanikoro demanding N100 million as general damages for the forfeiture of some of his assets over the infamous arms deal scam

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership has described the action of suing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by former Minister for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, as impudent and reprehensible.
CACOL said this in reaction to a recent suit filed by Obanikoro demanding N100 million as general damages for the forfeiture of some of his assets over the infamous arms deal scam.

Senate to probe Customs’ midnight invasion of Sango market

March 10, 2017

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By Wale Odunsi on March 2, 2017@dailypostngr

Senate on Thursday ordered investigation into the alleged invasion of shops by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in Sango area of Ogun State.

Recall that the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL through its executive Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran, lambasted Customs for carrying out the operation in an “armed robbery-like” manner.

The Senate decision was sequel to point of order raised by Senator Gbolahan Dada, who demanded urgent intervention.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over plenary, raised the matter.

Responding, Senators overwhelmingly supported the Dada’s prayer.

The incident will therefore be investigated by Senate Committee on Customs. ‎

Customs had alongside soldiers broken into several shops in the market around 12am.

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CBN plan to re-introduce charges on transactions anti-people – CACOL

March 10, 2017

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By Wale Odunsi on February 27, 2017@dailypostngr

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL has condemned the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to reintroduce charges on all cash deposits and withdrawals in bank transactions, describing it as exorbitant, exploitative and anti-poor.

The reintroduction of the policy will translate to charging 1.5% to 2% for deposits and withdrawals between 500, 000 and N1 million, beginning from April 1, 2017.

For amounts above N5 million, banks will charge individuals 3% for deposits, while withdrawals will attract a 7.5% charge.

Executive Chairman of CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran, in a statement on Monday said there is nothing logical about people losing their hard-earned money because they want to access bank services.

“It is also unethical to impose charges on customers as frequently as being done in Nigeria’s banking sector. At the end, these are just private-interest institutions that does business with customers’ money and astronomical profits as regularly declared in most of their books.

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Market invasion: Stop acting like armed robbers – CACOL carpets Customs

March 10, 2017

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, through its executive Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran has tongue-lashed officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for carrying out their operations in what he called an “armed robbery-like” manner.

He described the actions of the officials from the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) who went to Sango area of Ogun State, broke into shops at midnight to seize bags of rice as “barbaric and totally condemnable.”

The CACOL Chairman said “the modus operandi displayed in the Sango raid by the FOU and the circumstances is replica of the last seizure of pump action rifles at Mile 2 Expressway, Lagos where illegal items are discovered at several kilometers from their entry points.

“Now, assuming without conceding that items seized from Sango, (a town that’s about 50 kilometers from the Nigerian borders manned by the NCS with several check posts on the highways at different intervals) are banned items, the questions to ask will be – how did the items pass through the nets of NCS check posts before getting to Sango? How can a potential buyer, identify whether food items such rice and vegetable oil is smuggled or not?

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Has President Buhari managed electoral victory well?

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November 5, 2016

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The President has been able to make some significant achievements in the areas of security and his anti-corruption war. These are actually the main reasons why Nigerians overwhelming voted for him in 2015. We know his pedigree and what he did during his tenure as a military Head of State. Everyone knows the implications of corruption on the economy.

After the 2015 general election, Nigerians wanted a radical departure from the past. And that is what Buhari has just started. But we expected him to declare his assets from day one when he was declared the winner. He did not do that until it became almost belated. This is one of the setbacks. Till now, there are some of his ministers who are also accused of corruption.

The President has not initiated an investigation into this allegation. He is the only one who has been giving them (accused persons clean bills of health) which are not based on known investigations. Basically, we expect that the President would initiate an investigation into the allegations against his ministers accused of corruption. The President has, however, achieved in the area of security because he has, to a large extent, brought insurgency to a very minimal level.

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