483.1m: APC Chieftain wants Minister, others to face EFCC probe

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Garus Gololo, has threatened to institute a court action if the Minister of Interior, Mr. Bunmi Tunji Ojo, and others involved in the alleged misappropriation of social investment funds were not suspended and invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The APC Chieftain made […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Garus Gololo, has threatened to institute a court action if the Minister of Interior, Mr. Bunmi Tunji Ojo, and others involved in the alleged misappropriation of social investment funds were not suspended and invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The APC Chieftain made the threat in Abuja yesterday while addressing journalists over what he called the delayed invitation and suspension of Tuni Ojo.

Gololo said the Federal Government, should have extended the same invitation given to Betta Edu to the Minister of Interior so that Nigerians would cheer the Presidency for its political will in tackling corruption.

He said, “what I am after here is that once they have suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, Tunji Ojo the Minister of Interior also should have been suspended because they indicted him of N438.1 million naira for consultancy fees to numerous companies allegedly linked to him.

“How can you be a consultant, with your own companies,while holding public office. He has to be suspended alongside those involved to make it complete”.

Gololo also noted that there is a big difference between handling public funds and doing a good job.

“If he is doing a good job, he is not supposed to be indicted of embezzling people’s’ funds. If I may ask, is he the only Minister in Nigeria? or the most qualified? The fact, is that he has been indicted, he has to leave. That is just the truth. He just has to go with Betta Edu pending when the investigation bis completed and of course we know that no one remains in office while undergoing probe”.

The former APC, BOT member, further, alleged that there has been a presence of new cartel in the Also villa.

The new body he said, has been formed to operate in similar style of cabal during the former President Buhari administration, and must be pushed out.

“During Buhari’s regime we had cabals, and in Tinubu’s administration we have cartel. The cartel are there in the villa, if they don’t remove them we will continue having this problem. We will push them out because they are not wishing this government to succeed.

“Those cartel are the ones bringing most of those Ministers, but for now we need Ojo to be suspended by Mr President. There is no way they can suspend the other woman (Betta Edu), and they cannot suspend him too. I don’t think he is untouchable.

“He supposed to leave as a Minister, then after he is cleared he can go back as a Minister or he goes to Kuje and relax there.”

He said, “they called Sadiya Umar Farouq and she came to face probe, let them also call Tunji Ojo out, let him give his statement, let them suspend him, let us know why he should be a Minister and a consultant.

“Any other person involved must be suspended, because when we hear about this there are many people involved in this must go on suspension, even if is a member of the APC.”