Chief Security Officer to President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obuah, has
denied allegation of purchase of three mobile stages worth $6.9m, for
public appearance of his boss.
Obuah’s lawyer, Mr. Andrew Tsekiri, told The Punch on Sunday, said the allegation was false.
He dared the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to produce evidence instead of putting him on trial in the media.
The
lawyer said, “Let me tell you, nothing like that exists. Obuah did not
demand for money for any stage. Let them show to Nigerians evidence that
he took the money. When Obuah was in their (DSS) detention, they
investigated this particular matter and found out that it was false.
“He
was confronted with the allegation. Mr. Obuah told them that he knew
nothing about it, and they found that the allegation was false. They
released him, why are they bringing it up again?
“They have
investigated the allegation and they found out it was false, since then
no government agency had contacted or invited Mr. Obuah.
“They
should show how Diezani authorised the payment of the money and how it
left Citibank to Zenith Bank, to Access Bank to Sterling Bank and they
should show how it ended in Obuah’s account.”
Tsekiri said the
outcome of the allegation would soon show that the Buhari administration
was not interested in governance but to frame up allegations against
people.
“They are just lying against Diezani and Mr. Jonathan.
Let me tell you what they want to do. They will charge Obuah to court,
make all the noise about the allegation that has been published, knowing
full well that the matter will not be decided in about a year or two,
and by then, the public would have forgotten about it but they would
have spoilt your name.”
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced a full investigation into the
activities of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The
Punch reports that the commission has constituted a four-member
committee of crack detectives, led by a Superintendent of Police, to
probe all the NNPC accounts, which were supervised by the former
minister.
The other three members of the committee, it was
gathered, were pioneer civilian operatives of the commission with high
capacity for investigation.
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