Bettagate: Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo seeks new date to appear before CCB
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, did not show up on Tuesday, January 16, at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
He was summoned by the CCB to explain his alleged link to one of the companies that got contract from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
The minister, who was scheduled to appear before the CCB at about 11.00am on Tuesday reportedly wrote to the Bureau requesting for another date.
A report by The Nation reported the minister as informing the Bureau that he had a prior official engagement which he needed to attend to.
A company, New Planet Projects Limited, allegedly got about N438 million consultancy contract from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.
The consultancy job is part of ongoing probe of the suspicious N3 billion spending by the Ministry Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development under the watch of now suspended Minister, Dr. Betta Edu.
Tunji-Ojo, who is said to be a shareholder in the company, however stated that he had resigned as a director since 2019 when he won election to the House of Representatives, leaving its management in hands of his wife.
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