Samaila, while responding to SERAP’s suit, had last week forwarded his asset declaration form to the organization.
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Barely one month after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s Commissioner for Special Duties, Mukhtar Ishaq, for alleged N86 million fraud, 11 of his others aides have been accused of involvement in assets declaration mess.
The Code of Conduct Bureau says the level of compliance with the declaration of assets by public office holders in the country is not encouraging at all.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the remaining 35 state governors in Nigeria to emulate the shining example of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who recently openly declared his assets by publishing without further delay the full details of their asset declarations submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday turned down application for a bench warrant to be issued against the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, following his absence in court to stand trial for non-asset declaration charges.
Ibrahim and Tijani, both brothers who worked at the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, were arraigned on February 8.
They said that they were displeased with the decision of the tribunal refusing their application to stay proceedings in the trial pending the determination of an appeal they filed before the Supreme Court