Shittu’s Resignation: CGN Orders Probe of Minister Shittu by
EFCC and ICPC
The
Computer Guild of Nigeria has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission (ICPC) and the Economic
and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to go after the recently resigned
Communications Minister, Barr. Adebayo Shittu.
This
was contained in a release issued and signed by the National President of the
Guild, Mr. Wole Adedoyin after an emergency meeting in Lagos yesterday.
Wole
Adedoyin, who is also the National Coordinator of the Information Technology
Writers Association of Nigeria (ITWAN), urged the Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission (ICPC) and the Economic
and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to commence investigations and probe of
Minister Shittu’s past financial activities in the Ministry.
According
to Wole Adedoyin, “We are fully aware that Minister Shittu awarded so many
contracts when he was in the Ministry. He cannot just leave the Ministry like
that without being probed before his resignation from the ministry, we have
heard lots of allegations and misdeeds committed by the Honourable Minister
apart from some hidden secrete recently unearthed by one of his former Pas. We
therefore demanded independent probe and investigation of Minister Shittu by
both the ICPC and EFCC and should be prosecuted if involved in any financial
scandal in the ministry”.
