N438m contract: Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo To Face CCB interrogators today

The Code of Conduct Bureau has invited the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the involvement of his company in an alleged N438m contract scam uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

RovingNaija News gathered that the CCB has commenced an investigation into the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by the minister.

The New Planet Projects company allegedly belonging to the minister benefitted from an alleged contract scam from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.

The CCB invited the minister to appear before it on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the CCB Headquarters, Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.

The document signed by the CCB Director, Investigation and Monitoring, Gwimi S.P, on behalf of the CCB Chairman, Murtala Aliyu, revealed that the bureau’s invitation was hinged on its mandate and powers as enshrined in the Third Schedule, Part 1, 3 (e) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

The invitation reads: “The bureau is investigating a case of alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers in which your name featured prominently. Consequently, you are invited for an interview scheduled as follows:

“Date: Tuesday, 16th January, 2024. Time: 1100hrs prompt. Venue: CCB Headquarters on 5th Floor, Annex III, Phase I, Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.”

Meanwhile, some groups, on Monday, protested against the probe of the minister,  alleging media trial and accusing opposing voices of being unhappy with the minister’s ‘growing popularity’.