The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, owns Pinnacle Contractors Limited, an organization fingered to have fraudulently received N2.7 billion in the fuel subsidy scam, a former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, has alleged.
Mr. Melaye made this allegation in a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES. The former lawmaker said Mr. Wogu; his wife, Oyababefe; and son, Enyinnaya were pioneer directors of the company until July this year.
Mr. Wogu was recently appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan to head a white paper committee set up to review an oil-industry probe report. But Mr. Melaye said he should be sacked as it would mean the Federal Government rewarding him from partaking in robbing Nigeria.
“It is shameful and disgraceful that the Minister of Labor and Productivity… has now been indicted in the illegal payment of N2.7 billion to a company for fuel that was never supplied,” said Mr. Melaye.
He said Mr. Wogu should not be allowed to “be a judge in his own case.”
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