CSO Laments CCT’s Failure To Prosecute High Profile Corruption Cases
A Civil Society Organisation, Advocacy for Good Governance has expressed concerns over the failure of the Code of Conduct Bureau to prosecute certain high-profile corruption cases after investigations have been concluded.
The President – General, Musa Yakubu, lamented the failure of the Bureau to let Nigerians know about the outcome of the investigation carried out about the allegations of corruption and breach of oath of office by public office holders.
According to him, it appears that since the advent of the current leadership of the Bureau, Prof Mohammed Isah the organisation has gone into comatose.
In a statement , he said: “How can the Chairman deny Nigerians the opportunity to know about the outcome of the investigation carried out about the allegations of corruption and breach of oath of office by public office holders.
“It could be recalled that sometime last year a member of the Board of the Code of Conduct Bureau Hon. E.J Agbonayinma who was obviously irritated by the lackluster performance of the Bureau dragged the Chairman Professor Mohammed Isah to the appropriate House Committee in the National Assembly to defend allegations bordering on incompetence and failure to forward high profile corruption cases to the tribunal for prosecution.
“At the end of the Committee hearing the Board was mandated to go back to the drawing board and work hard to ensure that every pending high- profile corruption case is investigated and forwarded for appropriate action at the tribunal.
“Following the mandate of the House Committee, the chairman of the Bureau Professor Mohammed Isah actioned some of these high- profile corruption cases for investigation but to the dismay of Nigerians the concluded cases are yet to be forwarded for prosecution by the office of the chairman.
“Findings revealed that the chairman in his usual style has ignored and refused to forward these cases to the tribunal for prosecution several months after the investigations had been concluded and forwarded to him for further actions.”
