Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior failed to appear before the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on Tuesday, January 16, for questioning over his alleged link to one of the companies that got contract from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
Theliberationnews reported that the minister was expected to present himself before the CCB at about 11.00am on Tuesday but he failed to show up.
It was gathered that the minister reportedly wrote to the Bureau requesting for a convenient date due to an official engagement.
The company, New Planet Projects Limited allegedly got about N438million consultancy contract from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.
The consultancy job is part of ongoing probe of the suspicious N3 billion spending by the Ministry Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development under the watch of now suspended Minister, Dr. Betta Edu.
Tunji-Ojo who is said to be a shareholder in the company, said he had resigned as a director since 2019 when he won election to the House of Representatives, leaving its management in hands of his wife.
However, invitation to the minister was for him to come and show proof that he is no longer involved in the activities of the company, while also reviewing his asset declaration form with a team of investigators.
A staff of the Public Relations Unit simply told reporterthat “the meeting has been postponed”, but could not say when the Minister will no appear.
