Former Niger Delta Minister Godsday Orubebe who has been charged to the Code of Conduct Tribunal cried out on Sunday that he is been prosecuted for his support and closeness to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Addressing a news Conference in Abuja on Sunday,said, he has not committed any offence that will warrant his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal,that in his six years as
a Minister he never took bribe or demanded any from anybody.
He said the CCT is out to frame him giving the way his trial has began in the media,while he was only been summon to appear on the 9th of November.
He said: “I was served with Code of Conduct Tribunal summons on Friday last week and the paper, which I personally signed and collected stated that I was expected to appear before them on November the ninth.
“I was taken aback by the news that I had already been arraigned. This tells me that it is an issue of witch hunt which is not good for this country. It is not good to take me to the public court before being tried.
“The issues contained in the summons are that I took N50 million bribe from one of the contractors who handled a project for the ministry of Niger Delta and another N20 million from the same contractor as well as not declaring my plots of land in Asokoro and Kyame districts of Abuja. I find these charges very empty and frivolous.
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