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CACOL CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT PROBE OF EX-AGF OVER ALLEGED $1.2BN MONEY LAUNDERING

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has called for independent probe in a case involving the former Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke and counterpart in the Petroleum Ministry, Dan Etete over alleged $1.2bn money laundering.

In a release issued on behalf of the Executive Chairman of the anti-graft organization, Mr. Debo Adeniran, by the Media and Publications Officer, Toyin Odofin, he stated that “A prima facie case bordering on official corruption was established by the anti-graft Commission following investigations; culminating in court charges against Adoke, Dan Etete and others, which is still pending before the Federal Capital Territory High Court and the Federal High Court in Abuja. The case centered on the 2011 sale of the Nigerian oil license OPL 245, where the charges focus on the transfer of $801m in proceeds of the deal, facilitated by Adoke, into bank accounts controlled by Dan Etete. The charges were filed at the Federal High court.

However, It is heart-lifting that after many years since the Malabu Oil scam broke open whereby some Nigerian dignitaries and nationales of other countries were involved in fraudulent allocations of the Oil Prospecting License 245 and money laundering, forgery of bank documents, bribery and corruption under former President Goodluck Jonathan administration, where a principal suspect, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN) served as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

According to the EFCC, the charges bordered on fraudulent allocation of the  Oil Prospecting Licence 245 and money laundering involving the sum of about $1.2bn, forgery of bank documents, bribery and corruption. Mr. Adoke has been living outside Nigeria since 2015, when the President Goodluck Jonathan administration that he served as the AGF left office.  The prosecutor has not been able to apprehend the former minister and the rest of the suspects since 2016 when the charges were instituted against them”. The alleged $1.2bn scam involved the transfer of the OPL 245 purportedly from Malabu Oil and Gas Limited to Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Co. Limited and Nigeria  Agip Exploration Limited

The arraignment of Adoke, Etete and others could not take place because they, along with other defendants, have remained at large, refusing to make themselves available for trial.

It is a great step forward with the anti-graft showing that anti-graft agencies are serious about tackling corruption, CACOL hereby challenge the former Attorney General of the Federation to present himself for trial instead of throwing the kite of persecution and victimization as he has been doing throughout the saga.

The CACOL Boss added, “It is against this background that many of our economy watchers, outside and within the country, advocated for more stringent punishments and sanctions against those looters and thieves who continually perpetrate these heists with the belief that grand corruption is still a bailable offence in Nigeria and so, they could easily get away with it. While CACOL may seriously frown against Capital punishment as a deterrent unlike obtainable in some climes, we believe that for Nigeria to be reasonably ridded of this menace or ogre of corruption, no offender should go away unpunished, irrespective of his or her political cum economic status. As a matter of fact, such high profile officials should attract sterner punishments as the saying is, ‘To whom much is given, much is certainly expected.”

CACOL LAUDS ANTI-GRAFT AGENCIES OVER THE RE-ARRAIGNMENT OF EX-SGF BABACHIR LAWAL FOR FRAUD

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL has applauded the anti-graft agencies, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt practices and other related offences commission (ICPC) over conspiracy and fraud allegation of the  immediate-past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and five others.

In a release issued by its Media and Publications Officer, Toyin Odofin on behalf of the Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran he stated “vividly we would note that on January 30, Offem Uket alleged that Lawal conspired with a director and staff in Rholavision Engineering Ltd, Hamidu David Lawal and Suleiman Abubakar, to fraudulently acquire a property and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 26(1)(c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 12 of the same Act. One of the charge accused Hamidu, Abubakar and Rholavision to have abet the award of contract to Rholavision Engineering Ltd for the removal of invasive plant species and simplified irrigation to the tune of N6.4million by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) through the Presidential Initiative for North East (PINE). Also, count 9 of the charge accused Hamidu to have “abet the holding indirectly of a private interest by Engineer Babachir Lawal in the award of contract to Josmon Technologies Ltd for the removal of invasive plant species and simplified irrigation by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) through the Presidential Initiative for North East (PINE) to the tune of N272.5million.”

However, report has it that early this year President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the prosecution of Babachir Lawal for allegedly misappropriating the funds allocated to people displaced by Boko Haram insurgency.

“It is in realization of the unimaginable damage and social destruction that grand corruption could actually cause that some countries like China and Pakistan has deemed it fit to introduce death penalty against official corruption for any of its government official to serve as a worthy deterrent. This has, no doubt, discouraged grand corruption even if it has not succeeded in totaling eliminating it. Though, we may not fully subscribe to death penalty as a human rights’  anti-corruption organization for its obvious violation to citizens’ rights’ to life, the main issue is that the law against corruption must be seen to be absolutely effective against all known violators, no matter how highly placed the culprits are. This is where we think the current government’s fight against corruption must be reviewed towards better effectiveness to make any tangible impact.

The CACOL Boss added “It is against this background that many of our economy watchers, without and within the country, advocated for more stringent punishments and sanctions against those looters and thieves who continually perpetrate these heists with the belief that grand corruption is still a bailable offence in Nigeria and so, they could easily get away with it.”

PROPOSED N5.5BN FOR LAWMAKERS VEHICLE IS UNJUST AND UNFAIR TO NIGERIANS – CACOL

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL has described the action of the principal members of the Ninth Assembly and other prominent government officials, proposing N5.5bn for the purchase of luxury cars as part of the obligation in discharging their duties as unjust and unfair to Nigerians.

In a release issued by its Media and Publications Officer, Toyin Odofin on behalf of the Executive Chairman of the Centre, Debo Adeniran stated “Spending a huge sum of N5.550 billion to buy luxury cars for principal members of the ninth Senate is unjust and unfair, it negates the constitutional oath of office made by members to perform their functions in the interest of the well-being and prosperity of Nigeria and its citizens, as contained in the Seventh Schedule of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). This is the 20th year of this civil rule and this is called the ninth Assembly but we have not recorded much progress in terms of legislative morality, conscience, ethics and responsibility.

The Executive Chairman, CACOL

However, It was gathered that all the lawmakers and some senior government officials in the National Assembly will spend not less than N50 million for cars. In a country that has various economic challenges, the oversight function of the lawmakers shouldn’t be based on purchasing luxury cars, where other things are lying down, such amount of money can help in fixing the health and the education sectors in the country.

Although, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 6,721 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court to restrain the National Assembly (NASS) Service Commission from paying N5.550 billion budgeted for purchase of luxury cars for principal members of the ninth Senate, and to restrain the Senate from collecting the money until the downward review of the amount proposed by the Senate. The suit was filed on Friday at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, and Lagos by Kolawole Oluwadare and supported by an affidavit of urgency. However, no date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.

The CACOL Boss added that “we must continue to denounce that action, because once we keep quiet, they like it and then go away believing that they have overwhelmed us. It’s condemnable and totally unacceptable. Nigerian people must not surrender on this issue. Also, we remain convinced that official corruption must be tackled, frontally, if Nigeria must heave a sigh of relief and reverse itself from a  seeming trip to economic and social perdition. Hence, our total commitment and support for the war against the ogre of corruption, Howbeit, for the fight to achieve the set goals of the current federal government and to tallies with the wishes of majority Nigerians.”

CACOL HAILS GOVERNMENT RESOLVE TO TAKE CORRUPTION FIGHT TO THE GRASSROOTS

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has described the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to take the fight against corruption to the grassroots to give the fight a more desired bite as a relieving and welcome development.

In a release by the Anti-Corruption outfit’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran and signed by its Coordinator for Media and Publications, Adegboyega Otunuga, he stated, “There is no gainsaying the fact that, the current government, headed by Muhammadu Buhari, has frontally combatted the ogre of corruption, perhaps more frontally than any of its predecessors since the advent of this civil arrangement in 1999 even though it has not been perfect and outrightly victorious as many Nigerians would wish in the fight against the national scourge. The enormity of the fight could, however, be seen in what different researches have revealed lost to grand financial corruption by the country since independence in 1960. At the last count, over USD250bn (Two Hundred and Fifty Billion Dollars) have been lost to corruption just by public officials in the country who were elected or staged a coup to forcefully overthrow a people-chosen regime, under same guise of corrupt enrichment, only for the emerging junta to willfully exhibit grandeur of corrupt enrichment while stifling spaces for resistance and criticism against them.

During a One-Day workshop organized by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collaboration with the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC) with the theme, ‘Value Reorientation And the Fight Against Corruption’, the PACAC’s Executive Secretary, had bemoaned the rate at which corruption has permeated all facets of our national life. CACOL, in all its activities aimed at complementing genuine government’s efforts at stamping out corruption, has always noted the fact that successive governments in Nigeria in recent years have institutionalized corruption and made it a way of life amongst Nigerians by their acts of omission and commission. This is why we are of the serious conviction that for this morbid culture of impunity and corruptive living to be extirpated, the fight must eventually also be institutionalized. This is more reason CACOL has taken the struggle against grand heist and impunity by our government officials who live on the pulse of the public funds, but still find it expedient to demonstrate their kleptomania to the grassroots through our various local government authorities (LGAs) and local council development areas (LCDAs) which was titled C-GATE, meaning CACOL’s Good-Governance, Accountability and Transparency Education project in Lagos and Osun states.

The CACOL boss added, “Since CACOL started this initiative of approaching the grassroots to take full ownership of this fight against corruption, we have received positive signals and we hereby implore the government to evolve a more broadened approach that would design and incorporate the study of Corruption, it’s devastating and destructive effects on society and its people, as a curriculum/subject to be taught in all public and private secondary schools in the country at both Junior and Senior Secondary schools level/s (JSS, SSS) for it to take firm roots and for upcoming Nigerians to be wary of what Corruption could wreak on a nation. Such would be climaxed by Anti-Corruption cadres in our various schools that would serve as veritable Whistleblowers against corruption wherever and whenever the cankerworm rears its ugly head. We as Anti-Corruption crusader are willing and ready to partner governments at all levels to make this fight a success, in order to rid our nation of its destructive agents and finally rollback corruption.

CACOL LAUDS ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY ON EX-GOVERNOR’S TRIAL

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL has lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the trial of former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu over the alleged N7.6bn for fraud.

In a release issued by its Media and Publications Officer, on behalf of the Executive Chairman of the Centre, Debo Adeniran stated, “the fresh plot by the former Governor of Abia State to reenact his fake foreign medical trip in a renewed bid to stall his resume trial. It was said that the Defence against him would start on Monday before a federal high court sitting in Lagos. Also, it was gathered that the former governor and his cohort are working towards another fake medical trip in order to frustrate his resumed hearing for the second time.

However, we recalled that the former Governor had rather opened his Defence in the alleged N7.6bn fraud, filed a no-case submission, which was afterwards dismissed by the trial court on July 31, 2018. On April 24, 2019, the Appellate court in a lead judgment by Justice M.L  Garba,  upheld the decision of the lower court. Also, the Court of Appeal dismissed appeals filed by Kalu’s co-defendants challenging the jurisdiction of the court to further hear the case, following the elevation of Justice Mohammed Idris to the court of Appeal. Following different corruption cases in the country, corruption has been the major setback of our system, ranging from money laundering, fraudulent act, bribery, and internet fraudster etc., unless emphasis could be shifted from severity of punishment to certainty of detention in criminal offences, the fight against corruption would remain a hallucination.

 The CACOL boss added, “We urge the court to expedite action on the former governor in order to restore public confidence in the anti-corruption crusade of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. Also, probing all financial dealings of these ex-governors with a view to bringing culprits to book and recovering much of the stolen wealth, would go a long way in ameliorating the social frustration and economic downturn in the polity.

Putting it succinctly, the provisions on immunity for a serving governor, their deputy and even the office of the President and his deputy, was not to make those principal office holders perpetually immune from giving account of their stewardship as it is only meant to discourage frivolous allegations against them, that could tend to be more disruptive than necessary. If a prima facie case of corruption could be unearthed and established against any governor or his deputy even whilst in office, such could be advanced or made available to their respective legislative house, saddled with the power and responsibility to properly peruse and analyze for an impeachment procedure to commence.

In the alternative, the outcome of such findings and investigation should be used against such despoiling officeholders the very moment they vacate office and automatically lose their ascribed immunity.

 This would not only allow the incumbent governors to get down to serious issues of governance and delivering on their campaign promises to their people; it would also make available to them such expropriated scarce resources and serve as a deterrent to future looting of the commonwealth.”

CACOL BACKS ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY ON THE ARRAIGNMENT OF OSHODIN OVER MONEY LAUNDERING

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has hailed the Anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigating and finally securing order for prosecuting suspect,  Mrs Isabella Oshodin, over money laundering of #22.9bn from the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

In a release issued by the Media and Publications Officer, Toyin Odofin on behalf of the Executive Chairman of the Centre, Debo Adeniran stated, “it is heart lifting after many years that Nigerian dignitaries were involved in fraudulent allocation, where money meant for the purchase security ammunitions were laundered by some looters under the former President Jonathan administration.  Report has it that Oshodin allegedly received $57.3m and N2.3bn from Dasuki, also it was gathered that the money was received on sixteen different occasions in the sums of N500mn, N750mn;N125mn; N350m; N170m; N85m; N60m; N50m; and others totaling N2.366bn.”

 Following different corruption cases in the country, corruption has been the major setback of our system, ranging from money laundering, fraudulent act, bribery, and internet fraudster etc., unless emphasis could be shifted from severity of punishment to certainty of detention in criminal offences, the fight against corruption would remain a hallucination.

The CACOL Boss added, “It is against this background that many of our economy watchers, outside and within the country, advocated for more stringent punishments and sanctions against those looters and thieves who continually perpetrate these heists with the belief that grand corruption is still a bailable offence in Nigeria and so, they could easily get away with it. While CACOL may seriously frown against Capital punishment as a deterrent unlike obtainable in some climes, we believe that for Nigeria to be reasonably ridded of this menace or ogre of corruption, no offender should go away unpunished, irrespective of his or her political cum economic status.”

CACOL CALLS FOR REFORM ON DILAPIDATED POLICE BARRACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has called on the federal government, the National Assembly and the Executive arm in charge of the Police Trust Fund (PTF) on the present state of police barracks across the country.

In a release issued by the Media Officer, Toyin Odofin on behalf of the Executive Chairman of the Centre, Debo Adeniran, he stated “Police barracks across the country are gradually trudging towards danger. In 2017, our Force was rated one of the top five worst police organizations in the world at the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index.” It was revealed that, the decrepit condition of the police barracks, which makes it imperative for the National Assembly and the Executive arm to find a common ground to expedite the passage of the Police Trust Fund, which would provide legislative framework for improving the living conditions of the Force. For instance, some policemen live in poorly equipped and dilapidated barracks, while majority lives among the civilians in low level rented apartment without basic amenities. In most cases the barracks have been converted to offices as a result of inadequate office space. This situation tends to affect the general morale of the police and also the performance level.

However, the level of unabashed neglect is disheartening and disgusting, ranging from dilapidated buildings, stinking gutters, shabby electric wiring, broken staircases, broken doors and shattered windows, torn roofs, and rusty balconies etc., are what will behold. Heaps of waste and many other unpleasant sights complete the nauseating picture of neglect you will see. The barracks could pass for rat holes and slums and yet officers reside in them.  Most old and dilapidated buildings at some of the police barracks across the country are on the verge of collapsing, something that has been traced to the lack of maintenance culture in the country.  Also, it was gathered that most of the funds allocated for the construction of police barrack across the country are been looted by some people. It is high time we call for a system reform on the condition of these barracks. Meanwhile, it is unfortunate that the people at the helm of affairs have been siphoning the money meant for the project for their own personal use.

The CACOL Boss added, “We aver that government should adhere to the call of the Nigerian police force on the state of their disrepair barracks. Also, Efforts should be made to build more barracks and provide accommodation for policemen which will enhance their productivity.” 

CACOL BACKS OBONO OBLA’S PANEL FOR SEEKING FORFEITURE OF PEF DIRECTOR’S ASSETS

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The Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has expressed support to the Special Presidential Investigative Panel on Recovery of Public Property, led by Okoi Obono-Obla, for its efforts at recovering an alleged suspicious purchase of shares worth N65mn (Sixty-Five Million Naira) and other assets illegally acquired by Mrs. Aisha Fanya Usman, a top official of the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF).

The CACOL’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran, in a release issued by the organization’s Coordinator of Media and Publications, Adegboyega Otunuga, stated, “Information at our disposal shows that Mr. Obono –Obla, who serves as the Chairman to the Special Presidential Investigative Panel on Recovery of Public Property had written to the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) about one of its top-notch officials, one Mrs. Aisha Usman, and similarly filed an ex-parte application at the Federal High court in Abuja, seeking for the interim forfeiture to the Federal Government of shares worth N65mn (Sixty-Five Million Naira) and other suspicious assets worth several additional millions of Naira, illegally acquired by this same official. The investigative panel was reportedly investigating some staff of the Petroleum fund before they stumbled on information that revealed that sometimes in January, 2018, this official bought shares in some blue-chip companies, totalling reported sum.

“Also listed in the SPIP letter were other ill-gotten assets by this same official, that include: 24 separate bank accounts linked to her, a property at Plot 46, Damaturu Crescent, Garki, Area 11, Abuja, and another property at 9, Prince Obi Emmanuel Street, Brains & Hammers Estate, Apo Village, Abuja. At the point of search conducted on her residence, huge sums of cash recovered also included N800, 000 (Eight Hundred Thousand Naira), Five Hundred Euros, over Fifteen Thousand Dinah, 18 Carat White gold and 1 Carat yellow gold. Her N65mn worth of shares are in Seplat Petroleum Plc, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, Oando Plc, , GTB, Dangote Cement Plc, and United Bank for Africa (UBA) . In one of her accounts with Stanbic Bank Plc., was also deposited about N40mn (Forty Million Naira) and several other millions pof Naira in her stock-broking account with Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Ltd.”

The CACOL Coordinator added, “With this woman’s revealed kleptomaniac and grand acquisitive tendencies, the world could easily view why Nigeria has been forced to its knees economically by those entrusted to administer the nation. If a Civil Servant (who the panel has described as very rich) could expropriate so much illegally to herself rather than use the resources for its original purpose, you can then imagine how serious the looting would be on the part of political office holders who have the approval and final dispensing powers. As the Chairman of this Presidential panel, Obono-Obla may have his own corruption issues yet unresolved, but we commend any acts geared at full recovery and return of all stolen assets belonging to the nation. This laudable step should be followed up to its final conclusion while investigation on others must be intensified towards ascertaining the extent and degree of involvement in corruption of other similarly, highly placed officials of the PEF and other cognate government establishments; after which all recovered sums and other assets must be fully ploughed back and converted to their original purposes and benefits to the nation, while the guilty should not be spared to serve as a deterrent in the fight against corruption.

CACOL APPLAUDS ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY OVER RETRIEVAL AND RETURN OF STOLEN PROPERTIES TO SOURCE, CALLS FOR OPENNESS IN GOVERNMENT

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DEBO ADENIRAN

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership CACOL has praised the Economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) and the ICPC (Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission) for the consistency and commitment they have shown, especially under the current dispensation in tackling issues of grand sleaze and retrieval of stolen assets belonging to the public.

In a release issued by the anti-graft organization’s Media and Publications Officer, Odofin Toyin, on behalf of the Executive Chairman of the Centre, Mr Debo Adeniran he stated, “We would recollect that, just of recent, the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu revealed that, as part of the efforts to curb government expenditure and corruption, the anti-graft agency has recovered over 800bn (Eight Hundred Billion Naira) both in hard and local currency within the last 3years. As commendable as these patriotic efforts are, we reiterate the rights of Nigerians to know the whereabouts of the repatriated funds garnered from alleged looters.

“Howbeit, some of the agencies which received the properties included: Voice of Nigeria (VON), Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, Presidential Initiative on the North-East and Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme. It was gathered  that one of the properties, a mansion located at 6, Ogun River Crescent, Maitama, had allegedly belonged to a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.) now deceased, who was standing trial for alleged N3bn (Three Billion Naira) fraud. Another seized property, Briffina Hotel, Garki Area 1, was once owned by Dr Sani Teidi, a former director of Pension Accounts, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, who is standing trial before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged N18.3bn (Eighteen Billion Naira, Three Hundred Million Naira) fraud.

The CACOL boss enthused, “We think that having experienced a season of intensified war against public looting of our national patrimony and official debasement, it was high time we called on the anti-graft agencies to give an account of what they have achieved or how they have dispensed with recovered looted funds, properties and other valuables since the beginning of this administration till date. This would restore greater public confidence as well as enable majority Nigerians to know the esteem those in the position of power and authority hold the public.”

FREEZING OF LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT’S BANK ACCOUNTS: CACOL HAILS DECISION; CALLS FOR FORENSIC EVIDENCES IN DETERMINING CULPRITS

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Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, EFCC

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has praised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for securing a Federal High court order to freeze three bank accounts said to belong to Lagos State Government over an alleged N9.9bn (Nine Billion, Nine Hundred Million Naira) fraud.

In his reaction, the CACOL’S Executive Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran in a release issued by the organization’s Coordinator for Media and Publications, Adegboyega Otunuga remarked, “It would be recalled that in the course of the compilation of our Op-ed Publications for apprising the state government in Lagos state of its performance score-card, LOP4 (Lagos state Open Parliament), we had asked the general public to furnish us of hard or soft evidence, suggesting suspicious lodgings by any government official of funds belonging to the state; nobody was able to do this throughout our investigation for that particular LOP edition. It is, therefore, curious, though commendable, if such lodgings have been discovered to be in separate bank accounts and interpreted to be for illicit self-enrichment and corruptive purposes. These banks have also now been revealed by the EFCC to be First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Access Bank and Zenith Bank with their account numbers given as: 5617984012, 0060949275, and 1011691254, respectively.  

“Consequently, we take heed of the screaming headlines of the EFCC that already link the Banks’ accounts to the person of the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, and urge the anti-graft agency to do due diligence in ascertaining ownership, purposefulness, and all necessary examinations of issues, remote and immediate, surrounding the humongous lodgings so as to avert possibilities of any witch-hunt.”

The CACOL Boss added, “We remain convinced that official corruption must be tackled, frontally, if Nigeria must heave a sigh of relief and reverse itself from a  seeming trip to economic and social perdition, hence, our total commitment and support for the war against the ogre of  corruption. Howbeit, for the fight to achieve the set goals of the current federal government and tallies with the wish of majority Nigerians (who are usually the main victims) the innocent must never be framed-up, witchhunted, or sacrificed on the altar of political expediency or self-righteousness.”

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