Jonathan’s Ex-Aide Faults Buhari’s Ministerial List

Former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has criticised the 43 cleared ministerial nominees sent to the National Assembly by incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the list as “who is who in corruption”.
Omokri stated this when he spoke from London during a live national television programme monitored by The Tide last Wednesday in Port Harcourt.
This is as he said that President Buhari may have made a mistake for sending the list to the Senate, when he should have forwarded same to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Omokri alleged that names like former Governors of Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa State, Chief Godswill Akpabio and Chief Timipre Sylva respectively, were being prosecuted by the commission, wondering why such persons should be appointed ministers.
He said, “When I saw the list my first impression was that the President may have mistakenly sent to the National Assembly, a list that he was supposed to have sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for prosecution. I mean maybe he confused the list because it is obviously a list of who is who in corruption in the country.
“Look at the people on that list. For instance Chief Godswill Akpabio, it is obvious, the EFCC has the biggest corruption case ever against him of N108billion and I have evidence to that.
“The EFCC released statements by itself in 2015, 2016, you can google it. They (EFCC) grilled him (Akpabio). One of the statements said they seized a school from his wife. Another statement said he made a gift of N1.4billion to a bank.