

The new chairman of EFCC is fishing to make a bold statement with the alleged probe of APC national leader Bola Tinubu.
According to a leak publish by People Gazette, the probe started in 2018 but gained momentum when a former official of Alpha Beta, a tax firm Tinubu allegedly controls, broke rank.
The commission’s former chairman Ibrahim Magu was inundated with corruption allegations against Tinubu. Magu however didn’t act.
But the new chairman actioned one of the petitions last year—the year Magu was going through the wringer thanks to Justice Minister Abubakar Danlami.
Bawa signed a letter marked CR/3000/EFCC/LS/Vol4/322, dated November 6, 2020, requesting Tinubu’s asset declaration forms when he was governor of Lagos between 1999 and 2007.
“This request is made pursuant to Section 38(1) and (2) of the EFCC Act 2004,” the letter read in part.
This will be the second time Tinub will be cycling through corruption allegations—and trial.
His first was before the Code of Code Tribunal—under former resident Goodluck Jonathan.
Tinubu lawyers fought hard, and their client was acquitted.
Although the CCB tried to push Jonathan’s government into appealing the judgement. But then AGF Mohammed Adoke said in an interview with Premium Times he advised Jonathan, and they dismissed it as a witch hunt.
But the current probe seems largely related to Alpha Beta’s consultancy with Lagos tax revenue administration which the firm’s former MD Dapo Apara said reeks of corruption.
Tinubu is among aspirants Nigerians believe are warming up for the presidency in the 2023 election, and may have interpreted the probe as a ruse by those opposed to his ambition.

You may be interested

Angst over revocation of AIT, Silverbird, 52 others’ licenses
Webby - August 20, 2022Bursts of reactions yesterday trailed the decision by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to revoke the licenses of 52 broadcast…

Why implementation of oransaye report is slow –Buhari
Webby - August 20, 2022President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja said the public service remained the engine room of government, and should attract the…

Talks progressing on PDP crisis, say Fintiri, Mimiko
Webby - August 19, 2022Members of committee constituted by the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom…