Ojeifo, in a petition he lodged at the Area Court 1, Kubwa, Abuja through the Registrar, dated December 29, 2023, sought the directive of the court to have the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) FCT
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The CCB has commenced an investigation into the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by the Minister.
The chapter concluded that most so-called fights against corruption are rather ruses than real efforts.
The CCB made its position known in a statement by Daniel Okafor, its Director of Education and Advocacy Services.
Justice John Tsoho, in his judgment, held that the applicant, Emmanuel Agonsi, failed to establish that it was in public interest for the CCB to make public the information he sought.
The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, during a meeting with the Chairman and Board members of the CCB, observed that the secrecy that surrounds asset declarations by public and civil servants was aiding corruption.
The group said the petition written against it (by Adoke, through his lawyers) was a conscious attempt to bully it and divert public attention from the string of shady deals committed by top Nigerian officials in the celebrated OPL 245 scam.
The Coordinator of the CCB in Enugu State, Lucy Ijetta, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the event took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, shortly before the commencement of the 30th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
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.
Justice Muslim Sule Hassan of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday ruled: “Going through the Application filed by SERAP, supported by a 14-paragraph affidavit, with supporting exhibits, statements setting out the facts, verifying affidavits and written address in support, I am satisfied that leave ought to be granted in this case, and I hereby grant the motion for leave.”
About seven ex-Commissioners in the last administration in Enugu State will be prosecuted if they fail to regularise their assets declaration with the Code of Conduct Bureau by July ending.
The Code of Conduct Bureau in Sokoto State says it has recorded 90 per cent compliance on assets declaration by outgoing and incoming political office holders in the state.
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday accused the Code of Conduct Bureau of not following its set Standard Operation Procedures in instituting the case against him.
A Kaduna State High Court on Friday issued a warrant of arrest against the Chairman of Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB for contempt.
The Code of Conduct of Bureau on Tuesday warned that it was more than ever prepared to prosecute erring civil servants and public office holders at both federal and state levels against non-declaration of asset.
The CCB Director in the state, Umar Saulawa, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Thursday.
Ifeanyi Okonkwo, the Coordinator of Anti-corruption Unit of the NYCN, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he presented copies of the petition to the Chairman of the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Hon. Ossai Ossai
The statement, signed by the Head of Press and Protocol Unit, Mohammed Idris, said: “The Bureau will like to use this medium to appeal to those who are yet to declare their Assets to visit the Asokoro Head office of No 23, Halle Salasi Street Asokoro, Abuja to collect, fill and submit same to the office.”