Bettagate: Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo faces CCB interrogation Tuesday

Bettagate: Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo faces CCB interrogation Tuesday 

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, will on Tuesday January 16 report to the headquarters of the Code of Conduct Bureau in Abuja for interrogation over the alleged involvement of his company in a N438m contract fraud.

Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation was said to have awarded the contract to New Planet Projects, a company reportedly belonging to the minister.

Tunji-Ojo is also being invited to answer questions relating to other alleged sharp practices involving the humanitarian affairs ministry leading to the suspension of Dr Betta Edu, who headed the ministry.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered the suspension of Edu, now facing investigation.
The Punch on Monday reported that the CCB in a letter addressed to Tunji-Ojo invited the minister for an interrogation, asking him to appear before it on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the CCB Headquarters, Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.

The letter was signed by the CCB Director, Investigation and Monitoring, Gwimi S.P on behalf of the CCB Chairman, Murtala Aliyu.

It stayed, “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.”