FG PLACES EKWEREMADU, DAVID MARK, 27 OTHERS ON TRAVEL BAN
The federal government has banned 29 prominent
Nigerians from travelling out of the country following
the ongoing alleged corruption cases against them.
The special presidential investigation panel for the recovery of public property, Okoi Obono-Obla, at a
media briefing on Monday, December 17, said the 29
people will be banned from travelling until their cases are determined.
“We have compiled 29 names and submitted to the
Controller General of the Immigration Service. The 29
people will be banned from travelling because they have
corruption charges. Their names have been given to
Immigration Service. They won’t be allowed to travel,” he said.
The chairman of the Asset Recovery Panel listed some
of those included in the travel ban to include:
1. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
2. Senator Hope Uzodimma.
3. Former Senate President, David Mark.
4. Former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji
Bankole.
5. Former Peputy Speaker, Usman Nafada.
6. Former Aviation Minister, Stella Odua.
7. Folake Oke.
8. Senator Peter Nwaoboshi.
9. Abubakar Yar’Adua.
10. Olisah Metuh.
11. Former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa.
12.Tumsa brothers, among others.
He dismissed suggestions that the president interfered
with the anti-corruption fight, noting that every
the agency works without the interference of the
presidency.
Obla stated that some other prominent Nigerians
are under investigation for their alleged involvement
in corrupt practices. He said the asset recovery panel
had visited the issue of the Panama Papers.
“ We have gone into the area where others have left
untouched,“ Obla said referring to the Panama issue.
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“We have gone into investigating the issue of Panama
Papers. We have found out that much Nigerian public
officers have properties abroad and we are in collaboration
with the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to unravel the
issue of the Panama papers,“ Obla stated.
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