• About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
ONews Blog
  • Home
  • News
  • Social Media
  • Entertainment
  • Insights
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Social Media
  • Entertainment
  • Insights
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
No Result
View All Result
ONews Blog
No Result
View All Result

Petition Against Tinubu was Baseless and Written in Bad Faith – Sagay

ONews by ONews
November 25, 2019
in News

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will not take any action on the petition asking it to investigate the source of the money conveyed in bullion vans to the home of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on the eve of the 2019 presidential election.

Speaking exclusively with Daily Independent at the weekend, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), said the petition against Tinubu was baseless and written in bad faith.

He added that the anti-graft agency and its head, Ibrahim Magu, will not join those plotting to bring down Tinubu at all cost because of his political beliefs.

“If there is no credence in the petitions, what is there to investigate? You know Nigerians are very adept at writing petitions. They like frivolous petitions just as they like litigations. If you know how many petitions are thrown out at the NJC, you will be amazed.

“The Nigerian mind tends to be very vicious in terms of these things. They don’t like Tinubu so they must write a petition against him; a stupid baseless petition.

“When that petition is not acted upon by reasonable men, then they allege there is bias.

“My view is that there is no basis for those petitions. There is no merit in those petitions and that is why the EFCC is not acting on them.”

READ  Champions League 2019/2020 Round of 16 Fixtures

Speaking on the bullion vans sighted in Tinubu’s compound, Sagay said that did not constitute an offence and did not make Tinubu a criminal.

He also said Tinubu had been a very wealthy man before his election as governor in 1999 who used his wealth to finance many pro-democracy groups who were fighting for the actualisation of the June 12, 1993 presidential election mandate.

“They said they sighted bullion vans in front of his house. Is that an offence? It makes no sense to me. If a bullion van comes to my house now to deliver anything, does that make me a criminal? Even if it is money, and it is my money, what is wrong in that?

“So, I don’t see anything in those petitions. They are just written in bad faith and hatred and they can’t expect the EFCC to join them in this baseless hatred of other people and pursue a vicious campaign of persecution and calumny just because they live in a state of permanent hatred of people who are working hard for the transformation of this country towards development and progress.

“Tinubu was already very rich before he became governor. He is not a man who became rich after he joined the government.

READ  Obaseki and Oshiomhole are Difficult to Reconcile - Oba of Benin

“He worked in the petroleum sector. I recalled that during the course of his fight with Abacha, he had to escape for his life in order to join so many other people like Anthony Enahoro, Wole Soyinka, and many other pro-democracy activists.

“Tinubu was the one funding quite a lot of the organisations and those staying abroad. So, he has always been a man of means.

“It will be ridiculous that having come back to the country, won’t he invest his money in various ventures? So, no one should be surprised that he is a rich man.

“All I know is that he is rich from his own hard work, investments and, therefore, he should be given the benefit of the doubt instead of being subjected to the persecution which some people want him to be subjected to.”

However, in his reaction to Sagay’s opinion, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), human rights lawyer, said the Act establishing the EFCC mandated it to investigate any person, no matter how highly placed, in accordance with its motto which says no one is above the law.

“So, when a petition is written against their chieftain, it is written in bad faith; but when it is written against small-time ‘yahoo boys’, then it is written in good faith.

READ  Ondo 2020: PDP Woos Mimiko to Support Jegede

“What is the job of the EFCC under section 6 and 7 of the EFCC Act? It is to investigate any person, no matter how highly placed, in accordance with its motto: ‘No one is above the law’.

“No one is saying Tinubu has done anything wrong yet, but don’t Nigerians have a right to demand that he be investigated?

“Why should the investigation be written off, whether it was done in bad faith or good faith? Why can’t the bad faith be shown in the aftermath of the investigation? There should be no sacred cows,” he said.

It would be recalled that a rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, had filed a formal petition demanding an investigation into the bullion vans in Tinubu’s house following claims by the commission that it could not act without a formal petition over the issue.

Adeyanju’s petition dated October 25, 2019, was addressed to the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu.

In the petition, he reminded the commission of Adeyanju urged the anti-graft agency to accord the petition priority and begin an investigation into the appearance of those bullion vans in Tinubu’s house on the eve of the election.

Previous Post

APC Stalwart Approach Court to Allow Buhari Run for 3rd Term

Next Post

Uniport Final Year Student Commit Suicide for Lack of Fulfillment

Related Posts

Surulere LG Councillors Suspends Chairman, Writes Police report for Protection
News

Lagos Assembly Reverses Councillors Suspension of Surulere LG Chairman

April 13, 2021
Gas Explosion Rocks Lagos Again!
News

Gas Explosion Rocks Lagos Again!

April 13, 2021

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

59 + = 65

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Lagos Police Command Orders Dismantle of Illegal Checkpoints on Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Lagos Police Command Orders Dismantle of Illegal Checkpoints on Lagos-Badagry Expressway

April 10, 2021
Lagos Police Command Orders Dismantle of Illegal Checkpoints on Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Police Ignore CP Orders, Occupy Lagos-Badagry Expressway Still

April 12, 2021
Lagos BRT Buses May Withdraw Services Next Week

Lagos to shut Ikeja road for 15 months

April 8, 2021
Man Reconnects with Mum who Disappeared after his Birth in 1975

Man Reconnects with Mum who Disappeared after his Birth in 1975

April 9, 2021
Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Rejoins Kano Pillars

Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Rejoins Kano Pillars

April 14, 2021
Surulere LG Councillors Suspends Chairman, Writes Police report for Protection

Lagos Assembly Reverses Councillors Suspension of Surulere LG Chairman

April 13, 2021
JAMB develops mobile application to ease admission process

How to Register for UTME JAMB 2021

April 13, 2021
Gas Explosion Rocks Lagos Again!

Gas Explosion Rocks Lagos Again!

April 13, 2021

Recent News

Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Rejoins Kano Pillars

Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Rejoins Kano Pillars

April 14, 2021
Surulere LG Councillors Suspends Chairman, Writes Police report for Protection

Lagos Assembly Reverses Councillors Suspension of Surulere LG Chairman

April 13, 2021
JAMB develops mobile application to ease admission process

How to Register for UTME JAMB 2021

April 13, 2021
Gas Explosion Rocks Lagos Again!

Gas Explosion Rocks Lagos Again!

April 13, 2021
Having a Senator per State Will Reduce Governance Cost – Okorocha

EFCC Confirms the Arrest of Rochas Okorocha on Corrupt Charges

April 13, 2021
Lagos To Empower Amputee Single Parent, Relocates Her To Temporary Shelter

Lagos To Empower Amputee Single Parent, Relocates Her To Temporary Shelter

April 13, 2021
Lagos Police Command Orders Dismantle of Illegal Checkpoints on Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Police Ignore CP Orders, Occupy Lagos-Badagry Expressway Still

April 12, 2021
FG Set to Name Ebute Meta Train Station After Mobolaji Johnson

FG Set to Name Ebute Meta Train Station After Mobolaji Johnson

April 12, 2021

Rite Foods Excites Sports Enthusiasts at Elegushi Peace Cup Tournament in Lagos

April 12, 2021
ONews Blog

We bring to you talks/news of the day from every facet of life to inform, entertain and gives you fun, humour as well as other thought provoking contents. Check our pages for more.

Follow Us

News by Category

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Insights
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Social Media
  • Sports

Recent News

Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Rejoins Kano Pillars

Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa, Rejoins Kano Pillars

April 14, 2021
Surulere LG Councillors Suspends Chairman, Writes Police report for Protection

Lagos Assembly Reverses Councillors Suspension of Surulere LG Chairman

April 13, 2021
  • Home
  • News
  • Social Media
  • Entertainment
  • Insights
  • Business
  • Lifestyle

© 2020 O'News Blog - Designed by Semasir Connect.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Social Media
  • Entertainment
  • Insights
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • English
  • Hausa
  • Igbo
  • Yoruba

© 2020 O'News Blog - Designed by Semasir Connect.

Enable Notifications    OK No thanks