Fraud: CCB To Grill Tunji-Ojo Over N438m Contract Tuesday

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo will on Tuesday, be quizzed by the Code of Conduct Bureau, over the alleged connection of his ‘company’ in a N438m contract ‘fraud’ at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

Recalled that the Minister’s company, New Planet Projects, was reported to have benefited from the contract.

In a report by The Punch on Monday, citing a letter addressed to Tunji-Ojo, the CCB has invited the minister for an investigation, asking him to appear before it on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at its Headquarters, Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.

The letter was signed by the CCB Director, Investigation and Monitoring, Gwimi S.P on behalf of the CCB Chairman, Murtala Aliyu.

The letter 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.

“This invitation is pursuant to the mandate and powers of the Bureau as enshrined in the Third Schedule, Part I, Paragraph 3 (e) to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. Please be properly guided.”