More trouble for Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo as CCB summons him over alleged deal with Betta Edu for N438m contract

Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has received summon from the Code of Conduct Bureau over involvement of his company in an alleged N438m contract with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

 

According to Punch Newspaper citing a document it obtained from the CCB, the embattled minister was asked to appear before the bureau on Tuesday, January 16, at the CCB Headquarters, Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.

 

The CCB was said to have commenced investigation into the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by the Minister.

 

A company, New Planet Projects, allegedly belonging to the Minister, was said to have benefitted from  the alleged contract. But the minister claimed he had resigned as director of the company, even though he remains the most significant shareholder of the company.

 

 

The document CCB summon,  signed by Gwimi S.P, Director, Investigation and Monitoring on behalf of the CCB Chairman, Murtala Aliyu, revealed that the bureau’s invitation is hinged on its mandate and powers as enshrined in the Third Schedule, Part 1, 3 (e) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

 

The letter addressed to the Minister, read, “The bureau is investigating a case of alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers in which your name featured prominently. Consequently, you are invited for an interview scheduled as follows: Date: Tuesday, 16th January, 2024. Time: 1100hrs prompt. Venue: CCB Headquarters on 5th Floor, Annex III, Phase I, Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.

 

 

“This invitation is pursuant to the mandate and powers of the Bureau as enshrined in the Third Schedule, Part I, Paragraph 3 (e) to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. Please be properly guided.”