The former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has stated that he has no case whatsoever with the independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences, ICPC.
Reacting to a media publications indicating that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has written to the Chairman of ICPC to re-open the cases fraud against some ex-governors which listed him as one of those to be charged, Otunba Daniel, told our correspondent that he can categorically confirm he does not have any issue with ICPC whatsoever. He further said:
In a one paragraph statement personally signed by Otunba Gbenga Daniel and obtained by our correspondent, Chief Daniel stated "I categorically declare that I have no issues with ICPC whatsoever and I am sure that a mistake have been made either deliberately or otherwise in this issue and others" the statements reads.
Our correspondent gathered that while the ex-governor has been in and out of the Court in the last five years, facing trial by the EFCC without any conviction, the N58 billion trial instituted against him by the EFCC was recently quashed after all the media celebration.
The AGF letter written to the anti-graft agencies had stated that “It is clear that some of these governors and other politically-exposed persons have not been charged to court despite the fact that the ICPC has concluded their investigations, concerning allegations levelled against them, for one reason or the other.
“It is the position of the present administration that all ex-governors, who the ICPC had long concluded investigations into the various allegations levelled against them, should be immediately prosecuted.”
The letter also gave the Chairman of the ICPC a 14-day ultimatum to “remit the duplicate case files concerning the politically-exposed persons investigated by the ICPC over the years” to the office of the AGF.
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