Code of Conduct Tribunal Denies Withdrawal of Case Against Orubebe

                                

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has denied withdrawal of case against former Minister of Niger Delta Godsday Orubebe against media report that claims the FG has withdrawn charges against him.

The Head, Press & Public Relations, Mr. Ibraheem Al-hassan,in a statement in Abuja yesterday said ,

“Our attention at the Code of Conduct Tribunal has been drawn to recent publications from some section of mass media, indicating that the Federal Government has withdrawn charges against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godsday Peter Orubebe.

 “The Tribunal is compelled to refute the said publications. The purported withdrawal of the case was quoted to be based on the case being fundamentally defective

“Pursuant to the above, CCT advices that, to the best of our knowledge based on available records, as at the time of this report, the information is misleading, distortive and as such it should be ignored.

“The case of Mr Godsday Peter Orubebe before CCT in Charge NO: CCT/ABJ/02/15 is on-going. What transpired in court in the last session held on 8th March, 2016 was a substitution of the initial charge with a newly filed charge by the prosecution, of which leave was sought from, and granted by the Tribunal.

The case had been adjourned to 7th April, 2016. Thus; there is no withdrawal of the case by the prosecution”.