Ministerial nominee, Stella Okotete, under investigation for abuse of office

Ministerial nominee, Stella Okotete, under investigation for abuse of office

Some ministerial nominees are currently facing allegations of fraud and misconduct as they prepare for screening at the Senate on Monday.
One of such nominees is Stella Okotete from Delta State.

Okotete was Executive Director, Business Development of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) in the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
She is currently under investigation by the Code of Conduct Bureau over allegations of “Abuse of Office”.
At the moment, a letter from the CCB dated March 21, 2023 with file number CCB/HQ/II&M/007/NB/099 addressed to Okotete, confirmed that she is under investigation over cases concerning breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers.
In view of its ongoing investigation, the Code of Conduct Bureau in its letter signed by Director intelligence and monitoring (II&M),Dr. Gwimi S.P. directed Okotete to furnish the Bureau with all necessary documents needed to carry out their investigation.
Recall that President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday read out the 28 ministerial nominees sent in by President Bola Tinubu for screening at the National Assembly scheduled to commence on Monday.
Former governors of Kaduna, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai; Rivers, Nyesom Wike, and Ebonyi, Dave Umahi, made Tinubu’s ministerial list read on the floor of the Senate.
The immediate Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru and a former Executive Director Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Stella Okotete, also made the cut.
The letter from the ICPC is titled ‘Alleged Breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officer’.
The bureau in the letter said it was investigating a case of alleged breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers against her office.