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Deal Gone Awry as Code of Conduct Tribunal Summons Tinubu
Newsdiaryonline Sat Sep 10,2011
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is
scheduled to appear
before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja on September 21.He
is accused of operating foreign bank accounts while serving as
Lagos State Governor
between 1999 and 2007 in contravention of section 7 of the Code
of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Cap 56 LFN, 1990.The
Tribunal has forwarded its
dated September 6 to the former governor.It wassignedby
Chairman of the
Tribunal, Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar.
This development comes as a surprise to many who
thought a deal between Jonathan and Tinubu ahead of the
presidential election was to among other issues, avert the ex
governor’s trial. All that appears to be gone wind the wind of
election.
Though the South West is controlled by Tinubu’s ACN the people
voted massively for PDP’s Goodluck
Jonathan. Tinubu
actually denied the existence of a deal with Jonathan.
The summons to Tinubu may further buttress a feeling of
frustration among politicians that
President Jonathan is
untrustworthy. But theformer governor’s critics
recall his alleged
miscalculation when he allegedly supported PDP’s Jonathan
at the presidential election instead of firming
up the ACN-CPC deal
despite all odds.
Mr. Olakunle Abimbola, who is Tinubu’s Chief Press Secretary
said in a statement that
“After years of threats, political mudslinging and media trial
on the impending allegations, a formal invitation to commence
trial has finally come.”
The charge against Tinubu, signed by Kyari Ahmed as prosecutor,
reads: “That you, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos
State, being a public officer, as listed in part II of the fifth
schedule to the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria and having subscribed to the Oath of office as enshrined
in the seventh schedule to the 1999 constitution on assumption
of office as such engaged yourself in the operation and
maintenance of several foreign bank accounts namely:
•”Name of bank- First Heritage Bank, Country Club Hills,
Illinois, USA; Account Name, Bola Tinubu, Account
Number-263226700.
•“Name of Bank-Citibank NA New York, USA; Account Name, Bola
Tinubu & Compass Finance and Investment Company Ltd; Account
Nos-39483134, 39483396, 4650279566, 00400220, 39936383. • Name
of Bank-Citibank International New York; Account Name, Bola
Tinubu.
•”Name of Bank-HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 6OJ;
Account Name, Sen Bola Tinubu; Account No-71253670, SORT
CODE-40-03-15. •Name of Bank-HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street
London WIW 6OJ; Account Name, Sen. Bola Oluremi Tinubu; Account
No-71253670, SORT CODE-40-03-15.
•”Name of Bank-HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 6OJ;
Account Name, Sen. Bola Tinubu-Money Market; Account
No-04320002DN. •”Name of Bank-HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street
London WIW 6OJ; Account Name, Tinubu Habibat Oyindamola (Miss);
Account No-1320960111.
•”Name of Bank-HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J;
Account Name, Tinubu Zainab Abisola (Miss); Account
No-172447101.
•”Name of Bank-HSBC,177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J;
Account Name, Tinubu Oluremi Shade; Account No-1916667988. •Name
of
Bank-HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 6OJ; Account
Name, Oluremi Shade Tinubu, Account No-41421522, contrary to
section 7 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Cap 56
LFN, 1990 and punishable under section 23 (2) thereof as
incorporated under paragraph 18, part I, Fifth Schedule to the
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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