- The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF) has said that there are no plans to prosecute the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu
- The OAGF said it has not received any memo from the Code of Code Bureau on the matter
- The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) also denied writing to the government of the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America on the alleged property linked to Ekweremadu
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF) has debunked claims of plans to arraign the deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
A top ranking officer at OAGF said there are no intentions by the office to arraign Ekweremadu over issues of oversees property linked to him.
“We did not yet receive any memo from the Code of Conduct Bureau on any false declaration of assets by the Senator. We also saw the report like every other Nigerian, but there is nothing like that from our end," the source said.
“He sent emissaries to Ekweremadu twice to demand gratification or be ejected from his Apo Quarters residence and face other public embarrassment, but the Senator told them off”, the source told our correspondent.
The source continued: “All you are seeing is his own stupid way of getting even. It is also his cheap way of helping the government to distract Nigerians from the killings in Benue, Zamfara, Adamawa, Borno, Kaduna, Taraba, and the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, which the Senate has been questioning.
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“It is his contribution to the faceoff between the presidency and the National Assembly over the former’s refusal to respect the principle of separation of powers and clear provisions of the laws of Nigeria.
“This APC brand of democracy does not work in the United Kingdom, USA, UAE or indeed any other civilized world. Did they need to write to the USA or UK or whatever country when they could simply go to the Code of Conduct Tribunal to verify the Senator’s assets?
“This government is full of comedians, who should stop humiliating Nigerians before the world. It should focus on halting the country’s free fall on all development indices and global rankings.
“It should also deal with the numerous established cases of corruption involving it officials and agencies, but which it either condones or covers."
Reports had claimed that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) had written the government of the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America regarding some property said to belong to the Deputy Senate President.
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The report also claimed that the Nigerian government reportedly wrote to the Special Fraud Unit, Kingdom over the lawmaker through its chairman, Tunde Fowler.
But in confirmation to the OAGF's claim, the FIRS described the information as false.
A top source at the revenue service said FIRS challenged that such letters be published as verification to the previous publication.
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NAIJ.com earlier reported that Ekweremadu has denied that he called for a military coup d’état in Nigeria.
The Deputy Senate President said his words on the floor of the upper house of legislature were quoted out of context.
He also said he could never have attempted making such call in a democratic dispensation practised in Nigeria.
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Source: Naija.ng