Afrigather Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Inside slated to look earlier than the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on Tuesday morning relating to an alleged N438 million contract scandal, however didn’t present up.
Officers on the investigation and intelligence division of the Bereau stated the Minister wrote a letter to the Bureau asking for a rescheduled date as he was attending to an official task.
Nevertheless, the rescheduled date was not disclosed.
The CCB had invited the minister to look earlier than it on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, on the CCB Headquarters, Federal Secretariat Complicated, Abuja over the alleged involvement of his firm in a N438m contract scandal on the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation
The Bureau is investigating an alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers.
The allegations of fraudulent practices since trailed the minister following the suspension o Betta Edu, who headed the ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The Bereau was anticipated to grill the Minister over the alleged connection of his firm within the alleged fraud.
Tunji-Ojo’s firm often known as “Planet Challenge Restricted,” was stated to have benefited from contracts value N438 million as ‘consultancy charges’ from Betta Edun, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
Tuni-Ojo, whereas explaining his reference to the agency, acknowledged that he co-founded the agency together with his spouse however resigned from the corporate in 2019, when he bought elected into the Home of Representatives, including that he was not a signatory to the corporate’s account.
The minister had denied any involvement within the contract, insisting that he was not concerned within the working of the corporate after resigning as its director in 2019.
