Ribadu lists corruption in high places ....Thursday, 28th September, 2006 (REVIEW OF NIGERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION HISTORY) Culled from Nairaland...PART 3. Case established against the governor and state Assembly.Asked about corruption at the Federal level, he said the agency had shown its neutrality with the prosecution of some aides of the president even as he reiterated that no case had ever been established against the President.An attempt by Senator Joy Emodi to know the identity of the Nigerian reputed to be the world’s biggest thief was aborted by the Senate President.“We have investigated his ministers, his law enforcement officers. Up to this moment, no single person from the opposition has been taken to court. “In the case of the Federal Government we have checked, the NNPC, even the security vote we have not seen one case where money could be linked from a government agency to a Senator or a member of the House of Representatives.“It is impossible for us to check the account of every member of the House of Representatives. Between me and my God, I have not seen any trace,” he swore.Commenting also on the corruption case at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), he said the EFCC was set to take the case to court.He also said EFCC had recovered N50 billion worth of ssets from the impeached governor of Bayelsa tae, Chief Depreye Alamieyeseigha.Fayose, Duke, Tinubu Jonathan’s wife reactGovernor Donald Duke who is the only state chief executive cleared of allegations against him said last night that he had been vindicated.His spokesman, Joseph Usiaghale told Vanguard on telephone from Calabar last night that the EFCC report that “we’ve been transparent, and honest in our handling of the finances of the state.“Before now, there was the tendency to lump all the governors together. Nobody knew who was who. But now, we’ve been vindicated that we’ve been transparent and honest in our handling of the finances of the state. This should serve as a filip. It is encouraging. It shows that our efforts are not in vain.Also speaking to Vanguard from Ado-Ekiti last night, the Ekiti Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gboyega Oguntuase accused Mallam Ribadu of playing to the gallery. His words: “He is confusing the process of investigation which is the function of EFCC with the process of adjudication which is the function of the court. But he cannot be a judge in his own case.“If not for ill motive matters which ought to have been decided by courts, ought not to be commented upon by Ribadu. Moreover, there is no state earning N17 billion which its governor will convert N11 billion to his own advantage. The reality is that Ribadu is not relying on facts but merely on adversaries of government who are known to be very close to him. ”Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of the Bayelsa State governor in a statement e-mailed to Vanguard said she would be vindicated.Her spokesperson, Kenneth Ekpelu said: “The first lady wishes to restate her unreserved respect for the institution of the EFCC and wishes Bayelsans and Nigerians at large to continue to support the organisation in its effort to attain a corruption-free Nigeria.“She, however, wishes to point out the need to separate the EFCC’s honest quest for justice from the posturingof her husband’s opponents who strangely perceive her as the soft spot in his political armour and won’t stop hammering away at her until their decisions to oust him from office are met.”Also, Mr. Dele Alake, Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, reacting yesterday, said: "It is no surprise at all that Asiwaju Tinubu’s name featured prominently in the EFCC report. What would have been news is if his name was missing from that report. Bola Tinubu has been a constant target of the Federal Government because of his persistent fight to deepen democracy, rule of law and most especially fiscal federalism." Summary of EFCC report on govsINDICTED 1) Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu) 2) Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia) 3) Boni Haruna (Adamawa) 4) Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) 5) Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa) 6) Jolly Nyame (Taraba) 7) Joshua Dariye (Plateau) cool Sani Ahmed (Zamfara) 9) Saminu Turaki(Jigawa) UNDER INVESTIGATION1) Adamu Mu’azu (Bauchi) 2) Peter Odili (Rivers State) 3) Ahmed Markafi (Kaduna) 4) Lucky Igbinedion (Edo) 5) James Ibori (Delta) 6) Bola Tinubu (Lagos) 7) Gbenga Daniel (Ogun) cool Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto) Clean bill of health1) Donald Duke (Cross Rivers)
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