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Corruption REPORTER ICPC’s arraignment of judge for N30m fraud: EFCC arraigns herbalist alleged N200m bribe stalled Page 11 who impersonates Baru, Adesina Page 5 ...ensuring public accountability CR CorruptionVOL. 1 NO. 19 REPORTER Monday, June 17th, 2019 www.corruptionreporter.com @corruptionrep [email protected] N2.8bn fraud: court admits more evidence against ex-NAMA MD, Abdulsalam Page 13 NATIONAL DEMOCRACY DAY ANTI-CORRUPTION SUmmIT EFCC reviews the last four years of its operations and outlines its plans for the next four years PAGE 4 OPINION Page 7 N3.4b embezzlement: Sanusi Page 16 Democracy, checks and misrepresenting facts, deceiving public, public opinion says Kano anti-corruption agency ...ensuring public accountability CR Monday, June 17th, 2019 Corruption 2 REPORTER ...ensuring public accountability CR Corruption Monday, June 17th, 2019 3 REPORTER EDITORIAL Recognition of June 12 and the imperatives of nation building CorruptionCR REPORTER ollowing years people and events that of the Abacha Junta. of sustained sustained and gave life Many media houses were pressure on to the June 12 struggle raided and even shut EDITORIAL TEAM the federal seems to have been lost down over their failure Fgovernment by the on Nigerians. In our to spare the regime of people of the southwest, newfound obsession deserving criticisms, PUBLISHER President Muhammadu with looking at issues of while some such as Idris Abiodun Usman Buhari had last year put national development James Bagauda Kaltho, paid to those agitations through the lens of of The News magazine when he finally political expediency, who was gruesomely recognized June 12 as we have forgotten murdered in a bomb CHAIRMAN EDITORIAL BOARD the official democracy the many men and blast, paid the supreme Majeed Dahiru day and honoured the women who sacrificed price. The operators of heroes of the struggle greatly to sustain the Radio Kudirat (named Chief MKO Abiola and battle against military after Kudirat Abiola) also Chief Gani Fawehinmi. dictatorship in Nigeria, ensured that Nigerians EDITOR The President would take which has given birth to were kept informed Mohammed Basah that pronouncement the current 20year long about happenings in further this year, fourth republic, which the government while following his signing into is the longest we have serving as a rallying point law a bill recognizing the had an uninterrupted for the freedom struggle. GROUP NEWS EDITOR day as a public holiday, democratic governance It is no doubt Femi Lawson when he announced with several transitions. commendable that that the Abuja national Indeed the sacrifices President Buhari has stadium had been made by the wife of the been able to do what his renamed the MKO Abiola late Chief Abiola, Hajia predecessors, with the INT’L CORRESPONDENT stadium after the late Kudirat Abiola who exception of President Willem Vermeer Pillar of Sports in Africa was murdered during Jonathan, had failed to who had won the June the regime of Gen. do by naming a national 12 1993 presidential Sani Abacha cannot be monument after Chief elections. forgotten as she became MKO Abiola. This day WEBMASTER This act, like the the rallying force for however must serve as Benedict Aguele celebrations of last the struggle to reclaim a unifying force to hold year, generated a lot of her husband’s stolen Nigeria together as a divisive conversations mandate. The late Gani corporate entity seeking PHOTO EDITOR among Nigerians as to Fawehinmi who went to a common destiny and Emmanuel Kenny Bako the propriety of naming court severally and was fulfilling the much the stadium after the late arrested and imprisoned touted potentials of winner of the June 12 countless times over the Africa’s largest economy. elections. The arguments matter also contributed Nigerians must renew PAGE PLANNER had raged especially immensely towards their commitment to Xtanlee Uche Echidi on the internet as to sustaining the struggle. the thorough journalism whether this attempt The members of the of the Abacha years and was more sincere than National Democratic dedicate themselves that of former President Coalition (NADECO), towards promoting a free Goodluck Jonathan, who who in spite of being press that will not be at MISSION STATEMENT was the first in the fourth hunted and targeted the mercy of corrupt and republic to attempt for arrests and even biased paymaster. June Where feeble minds to recognize June 12, assassination, also were 12 1993, as the “Hope compromise integrityand with the renaming key to the democracy we 93” campaign slogan of the University of now enjoy as a nation. of Chief MKO Abiola, dignityand refuse to speak Lagos (UNILAG) as No less a part sought to communicate out, we will lift our voices in the Moshood Abiola was played by the holds great hope that defence of Nigeria and its University, Lagos Nigerian media, who indeed Nigerians people against corruption, (MAULAG). at the expense of their can mobilize around inpunity, bad governance It is rather worrying commercial and profit common enemies to and those who trample the that in the argument making interests, her progress and this is laws of our land under their over political surface continually called the the message that must issues Nigerians the attention of Nigerians be passed down to the feet. significance of the to the many atrocities younger generation. ...ensuring public accountability CR 4 Monday, June 17th, 2019 Corruption COVER REPORTER National Democracy Day Anti-corruption Summit: EFCC reviews the last four years of its operations and outlines its plans for the next four years s part of the activities to mark President Paul Kagame, speaking during the Democracy Day celebrations the event, “called to mind the greatness, last week, the Economic and diversity, creativity and ambition of Financial Crimes Commission Nigerians who represent Africa” and A(EFCC), held a one day National “make the continent proud with their Democracy Day Anti-Corruption Summit achievements”. Kagame counselled that, in Abuja under the theme: Curbing “eliminating corruption is a choice not Electoral Spending. The Summit had in an inevitability”, opining that “in order attendance a large array of government to succeed in the ultimate goal we have and other leaders headlined by President to keep the broader context in mind that Muhammadu Buhari and President is why I suggest we reframe the fight Paul Kagame of Rwanda alongside APC against corruption in positive terms as a National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed struggle for transparency, public integrity Tinubu. Other ex-government officials and accountability”. President Kagame in attendance include former Governors narrated an occasion when he met, former Rauf Aregbesola and Chief Bisi Akande, Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Former Attorney Generals Abubakar and she gave him a copy of her book Malami and Chief Kanu Agabi, Former Fighting Corruption is Dangerous and he Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey remarked to her “that she should write Onyeama and former Minister of Defence another title stating that not fighting Mansur Dan Ali. corruption is even more dangerous”. Also in attendance were Chief Kagame lamented the fact that “we fight Executives of several government the everyday corruption while ignoring agencies including the Bureau of the more consequential forms that people Public Procurement (BPP), National often whisper about, because the rich are Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the beneficiaries”, calling for corruption Voice of Nigeria (VON), Federal Radio “to be tackled from the top down”. He Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Nigeria mechanisms to fight corruption”, and corruption. I urge all of you seated here to counselled the African governments that Ports Authority (NPA), Head of Civil went on to call on Nigerians to stop being be part of such alliance and partnership”. “it is not enough to fight corruption, but Service of the Federation, National sympathetic to acts of corruption in the we must create wealth”. youth Service Corps (NYSC), Federal country irrespective of who is involved. The need to move beyond convictions Corroborating the position of President Road Safety Corps (FRSC), National Former Director of the Kenyan Kagame, foremost human rights lawyer, Orientation Agency (NOA) and De-commercializing the political anticorruption agency, Professor Patrick Femi Falana SAN who spoke to our Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). process Lumumba appreciated the opportunity correspondent at the event, stated that All the Service Chiefs also were present Speaking at the occasion, President of making his remarks Presidents “We cannot fight corruption without along with Inspector General of Police, Buhari regretted the encroachment of the Muhammadu Buhari and Paul Kagame making it a top-bottom approach; you Comptroller General of the Nigerian “corrupting influence of money on party “two African heads of state who have can’t go around harassing people who Immigration Service (NIS), Comptroller politics and electioneering processes”, distinguished themselves as being are collecting one thousand naira during General of the Nigerian Customs Service pointing out the “de-commercialize the in the forefront in the fight against elections without going to the root”. (NCS), Former Inspector General of political process so that true democracy corruption”. He agreed with President Police Ibrahim Kpotum Idris, Former can survive and thrive”. The President Buhari’s statement that “if we do not The last four years of EFCC operations Chairman of EFCC Mrs
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