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  • ‘It should be five years straight’ – Obi on single tenure for President

    ‘It should be five years straight’ – Obi on single tenure for President

    The Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi has advocated for a 5-year single term for President in Nigeria.

    Obi stated this in Bauchi on Friday when he paid a courtesy visit on Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State.

    According to him, there shouldn’t be any second tenure for president, adding that instead of the four year tenure, it should be five years as practiced in South Korea.

    “I’ve said it and I want to say it again in this government house that if I have the opportunity, we should stop having a second tenure for president.

    “It should be five years straight, so that people can come in knowingly they have a job to do.

    “What people do now is to be president for one year and use the rest of the years thinking about their next tenure. We must stop it, let’s face the real job, do your own and go,” he suggested.

    The 2027 presidential hopeful insisted that if elected as Nigerian president in 2027, he would only serve for one term, promising that he won’t spend a day longer than four years in office.

    He added that if given the opportunity to serve Nigeria, he would ensure that every political party functions properly.

    Obi said, he would ensure that political parties were bigger than the elected people.

    “I want the party to be bigger than the president and the governors so that we can have orderliness,” he said.

    Responding, the Bauchi state governor called on Obi to come back to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), saying that that’s where he belongs.

    “We want you to come back to PDP. Please come back because that is where you belong.

    “We want you to be in PDP, there are plans, desires and strategies,” he said.

    Mohammed further said that politics in Nigeria could not be done with ego, differences and personal interest, while calling on all oppositions to harmonise their interests in the interest of Nigerians.

  • Tenure of National Assembly Service Commission Board ends , Friday

    Tenure of National Assembly Service Commission Board ends , Friday

    The five-year tenure of the board of the National Assembly Service Commission [NASC], under the chairmanship of Engr Ahmed Amshi, will end Friday, February 7, 2025.

    The Board held a valedictory meeting on Thursday, February 6, 2025 to deliberate and finalise its winding down process.

    The commission was inaugurated in 2015 consequent upon the enactment of the Establishment Act.

    The 13-member board (with two members from each geo-political zone as circumscribed in the enabling Act) was proposed under the Bukola Saraki Senate Presidency from 2015- 2019, with Senator Joy Emordi penciled down as Chairman, but the arrangement was not consummated until Saraki left office.

    The board was inaugurated under Ahmad Lawan Senate Presidency in 2020 with Ahmed Amshi, a legislative aide to Lawan, getting appointed as chairman to preside over a 13-member board that comprised some former federal legislators both from the Senate and the House of Representatives.

    The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) Act of 2014 gives the NASC the power to manage human resources, make regulations, and handle establishment matters for the National Assembly.

    It is saddled with the responsibilities to appoint, promote, and transfer staff members, in addition to dismissing and exercising disciplinary control over staff members.

    In addition, it establishes a retirement benefit scheme for retiring officers and makes regulations relating to conditions of service, including salaries and allowances.

    NASC formulates and implements guidelines for its functions.

    It handles establishment matters of the National Assembly, including appointment of the Clerk to the National Assembly, the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, and other offices in the service of the National Assembly

    The Commission submits an estimate of its income and expenditure to the National Assembly each year.

    The NASC is empowered to handle these functions without having to rely on the Federal Civil Service Commission.

    Recall in 2020 the Commission sent jitters down the spines of staff members by directing the then Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Ataba Mohammed Omolori and over one hundred and fifty (150) staff members due for retirement, to retire immediately.

    However, after the administrative cleansing, the commission became highly political, indulging in moves, overtures, and decisions that compromised and undermined its mandate.

    Recently, after successfully and seamlessly consummating the appointment of Barrister Kamorudeen Ogunlana as the substantive Clerk to the Natiional Assembly, it had gone ahead to mess up the appointment of the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly by elevating the wrong person to the position.

    The plot orchestrated by Engineer Amshi saw Ibrahim Atiku named as acting DCNA, but after the top bureaucrats protested to the leadership of the National Assembly, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, intervenef to cure the mischief caused by Amshi.

    Bashir Yero was eventually picked from the pool of 13 permanent secretaries to step into the position of DCNA.

    It would be recalledl that the Senate confirmed the appointment of board members for the National Assembly Service Commission with Ahmed Amshi, the former Senior Legislative Aide to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan as Chairman. Mr. Amshi, along with 12 others, in 2015.

    Amshi has served out his term of five years as the executive chairman. The same applies to members of the Commission.

    In a letter read by the then President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, at the plenary session of Tuesday, 10 December 2019, the then President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded the names of the nominees for screening and confirmation.

    Members of the Board included Babagana Modu, Sen. Abubakar Tutare, Hakeem Akamo, Tunrayo Akintomide, Atanomeyorwi Francis, Engr. Bassey Etuk, Hon. Bassey Etuk, Hon. Bailyaminu Yusuf Shinkafi, Sadi Saidu Kazaure, Sen. Julius Ucha, Nnamdi Anyaehie, Auwalu Aliyu Ohindase, and Muazu Is’haq.

    The constitution of a new Board had raised several controversies arising from the earlier nomination of Sen. Joy Emordi as the Executive Chairman and the extension of tenure for the Clerk of the National Assembly.

    Sen. Emordi, who had earlier been nominated for the office, was expected to take over from Dr. Adamu Fika, the immediate past Chairman whose tenure expired in July 2019, following his retirement from the Federal Civil Service.

    The Senator Emordi takeover [proposed chairmanship] fell through as she did not make the list eventually.

  • NDDC MD dismisses reports of tenure expiration

    NDDC MD dismisses reports of tenure expiration

    Dr Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says members of the commission’s Governing Board are currently serving a four-year term.

    This he said was contrary to insinuation in some quarters that their term would end in 2024.

    Ogbuku made the clarification on Wednesday in Port Harcourt at a news conference.

    NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu had on Aug. 29, 2023 approved the appointment of a new Board and Executive Management for the Commission.

    Tinubu named Mr Chiedu Ebie as Chairman and Ogbuku as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) .

    Although, the current Board was appointed on Aug. 29, 2023, the MD/CEO had been on the saddle at the Commission’s headquarters since JAN. 5, 2023, as a member of the previous board.

    According to Ogbuku, his tenure will not end in 2024 as is being rumoured, citing Section 4 of the NDDC Establishment Act.

    “The provision states that a member of the board other than ex-officio member, shall hold office for a term of four years at the first instance.

    “It continued that ‘the board member may be reappointed for a further term of four years and no more, ” Obguku cited the NDDC Act.

    He decried those advocating the board’s tenure to be shortened, suggesting they opposed the board’s harmonious collaborative efforts towards fulfilling Tinubu’s mandate to the region.

    “In spite of our commitment to quality projects and programmes, individuals with selfish motives are attempting to revert the NDDC to a time of instability and under performance.

    “The NDDC Board and management will not be distracted from holding fast to its mantra of transiting from transaction to transformation.

    “Those seeking a change of baton at NDDC should hold their horses, as President Tinubu reappointed me for another four years,” he said.

    Ogbuku said that the board was awaiting passage of the NDDC 2024 budget to advance legacy projects in the Niger Delta, aimed at raising N1 trillion from development and commercial banks for the projects.

    He listed the legacy projects to include regional roads, bridges, electrification projects, school buildings, hospitals, shore reclamation and protection, among others.

    In healthcare, the managing director highlighted the recent free medical outreach programmes targeting rural communities and announced the acquisition of 13 ambulances for regional hospitals to address cholera outbreaks.

    “The Commission is also looking to acquire more ambulances and cholera vaccines to further prevent spread.

    “In education, we have awarded foreign scholarships to 2,323 students in the region and released funds to beneficiaries for the 2024/2025 scholarship programme.”

    Ogbuku emphasised that the era of lacking data on projects and programmes was over, as the board had implemented strategies to showcase its activities.

  • LP Crisis: Your tenure has expired, BoT sec. tells Abure

    LP Crisis: Your tenure has expired, BoT sec. tells Abure

    The Labour Party (LP) Caretaker Committee on Wednesday in Abuja urged Mr Julius Abure to stop parading himself as the national chairman of the party, saying his tenure expired on on June 9, 2024.

    Mr Salisu Mohammad, Secretary, Board of Trustees, of the party said this during a news conference organised by the leadership of Labour Party National Transitional Committee (NTC) in Abuja.

    He said the decision was reached at the Umuahia stakeholder meeting by the Nenadi Usman-led Caretaker Committee which was lawful and legitimate.

    Mohammed said the NTC engaged and mobilised all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the party recovers itself from what it described as Abure’s illegality and corruption.

    He said Abure, since assumption of office as national chairman following the sudden death of the party National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam in 2000, Abure had led the party without election.

    ‘In fact, INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) had asked him to vacate the chair meant for Chairman of Labour Party.

    “These interventions by the NTC have culminated in the meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party in Umuahia.

    “The National Transitional Committee (NTC) facilitated by the Nigerian Labour Congress as the Trustee of Labour Party fully accepts and commends the decision of NEC of Labour Party at its meeting on September 4, 2024.

    “We support the 29-man Caretaker Committee to prepare and conduct democratic congresses to elected party leadership at the Ward, LGA, State and National levels’’, he said.

    According him, the NEC organised by the Gov. Alex Otti of Abia  is the most welcome intervention needed to save the party from what he described as illegalities.

    “We believe that this intervention is in line with the expression of the democratic will of the millions of Nigerians.

    “Who does not want the party to die at the hands of political contractors who have been procured to destroy the party,” Mohammad said.

  • Oscar Onyema completes 10-year tenure as CEO of NSE

    Oscar Onyema completes 10-year tenure as CEO of NSE

    The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says Mr Oscar Onyema has completed his tenure as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after a 10-year period.

    Mr Olumide Orojimi, NSE Head of Corporate Communications, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, that a closing gong ceremony was held on April 1 to honour Onyema.

    Also, Otunba Abimbola Ogunbanjo, Chairman, Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) Plc, said that the closing gong was in commemoration of Onyema’s exemplary leadership.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that following the successful demutualisation of the Exchange, Onyema would transition into the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), NGX Group Plc.

    Ogunbanjo stated: “It is impossible to overstate Oscar Onyema’s contributions to the growth of The Exchange and the development of the capital market in the past 10 years.

    “After his first year of leadership, it became evident that his strategic mindset and mastery of Exchange business is what NSE dearly needs to rise to its next level of growth.

    “As anticipated, The Exchange went on to experience significant growth as the years pass by, most notable of which is the recent completion of the demutualisation of The Exchange.

    “It has indeed been a pleasure working with him in our time at the NSE and I look forward to our continued journey to greatness in the NGX era.”

    The new GCEO, Onyema, said: “I arrived at the NSE when the stock market was in the doldrums, investors’ confidence low, mono product and the bourse under regulatory administration.

    “With tunnel vision, collaboration with stakeholders in the financial system and perseverance, we have been able to surmount almost all of the challenges.

    “I am delighted to have worked with astute members of the national council, visionary leaders in the executive committee and expert crop of staff at The Exchange to have delivered excellent results.

    “We have come a long way from where we used to be and I am excited about the opportunities demutualisation has opened for us in the coming years.

    “I must reiterate my commitment to ensuring that the NGX Group Plc and its subsidiaries deliver on the mandate to become Africa’s leading capital market infrastructure provider.

    “I look forward to deepening partnerships with existing stakeholders and exploring new collaborations locally and globally to bring this to bear.”

    The demutualisation of the Exchange has led to the emergence of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc and three subsidiaries: Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited; NGX Regulation (RegCo) Limited and NGX Real Estate Limited.

    Mr Temi Popoola will assume the role of CEO, NGX Limited while Ms Tinuade Awe will become the CEO, NGX RegCo Limited.

  • JUST IN: NBA drags Buhari to court for extending IGP’s tenure

    JUST IN: NBA drags Buhari to court for extending IGP’s tenure

    The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a suit to challenge the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that President Buhari had last week Thursday approved a three months extension of the IGP’s tenure having due for retirement on Monday, February 1.

    Meanwhile, the NBA’s Suit with number FHC/L/CS/214/2021 is filed against the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Police Service Commission, and Mr Mohammed Abubakar Adamu.

    The NBA in a statement signed on Friday by its President Olumide Akpata said it is seeking a judicial determination of the constitutionality of the President’s extension of Mr Adamu’s tenure as the Inspector-General of Police for three months after Mr Adamu had, on 1 February 2021, attained 35 years of service as a member of the Nigeria Police Force.

    The NBA said in its view, the President’s extension of Mr Adamu’s tenure by three months is unconstitutional.

     

    See the full statement by the NBA below…

     

    INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE – EXTENSION OF TENURE OF OFFICE

    Distinguished Colleagues,

    In fidelity to the motto of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which is Promoting the Rule of Law, on Thursday, 11 February 2021, the NBA-Public Interest Litigation Committee (NBA-PILC), on behalf of the NBA, commenced legal action at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/214/2021 (the “Suit”) against the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Police Service Commission, and Mr Mohammed Abubakar Adamu.

    In the Suit, the NBA seeks judicial determination of the constitutionality of the President’s extension of Mr Adamu’s tenure as the Inspector-General of Police for three months after Mr Adamu had, on 1 February 2021, attained thirty-five years of service as a member of the Nigeria Police Force.

    The NBA’s decision to take this extraordinary line of action is underpinned by an urgent need, and a sacred duty, to reassert the supremacy of the rule of law in the face of growing impunity and the seeming reluctance of Law Officers in Government to give proper counsel.

    The NBA’s position in the Suit is that Mr Adamu ceased to be a member of the Nigeria Police Force when he attained the milestone of thirty-five years of service. Therefore, the President’s extension of Mr Adamu’s tenure by three months, in the NBA’s respectful view, is unconstitutional.

    In the grand scheme of things, the NBA is wary that the more government officials casually violate the law, the harder it would become to expect citizens to be compliant. Citizens take their cues from their leaders and public office holders who flout the laws of the country that they are meant to uphold will discover sooner or later that their examples will be followed by those that they purport to govern.

    The ubiquity of acts of impunity, especially by those in high public offices, portends an existential threat to the survival of this country and her hard-won democracy. The NBA, now more than ever, is firmly committed to changing this narrative.

    As the outcome of the Suit is awaited, the NBA will continue to condemn and confront lawlessness in any form and from all quarters.

    OLUMIDE AKPATA

    President NBA

  • Guarantee credible elections, resist urge to elongate tenure, Buhari counsels ECOWAS leaders

    Guarantee credible elections, resist urge to elongate tenure, Buhari counsels ECOWAS leaders

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to ECOWAS leaders to resist the urge to elongate their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits.

    The president made this comment while presenting Nigeria’s General Statement at the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Niamey, Niger Republic today.

    Buhari urged his colleagues to respect constitutional provisions and ensure free and fair elections.

    According to him, it is “important that as leaders of our individual Member-States of ECOWAS, we need to adhere to the constitutional provisions of our countries, particularly on term limits. This is one area that generates crisis and political tension in our sub-region.

    “As it is, the challenges facing the sub-region are enormous; from socio-economic matters to security issues, the ECOWAS sub-region cannot, therefore, afford another political crisis, in the guise of tenure elongation.

    ”I urge us all to resist the temptation of seeking to perpetuate ourselves in power beyond the constitutional provisions.

    “I commend those in our midst that have resisted such temptations, for they will be deemed exceptional role models in their respective countries and the sub-region as a whole.

    “Related to this call for restraint is the need to guarantee free, fair and credible elections. This must be the bedrock for democracy to be sustained in our sub-region, just as the need for adherence to the rule of law” he added.

  • Court dismisses suit against Fowler’s tenure

    A Federal High Court sitting in Kano yesterday dismissed a suit challenging the tenure of Mr. Babatunde Fowler as Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

    The court, presided over by Justice Lewis Allagoa, struck out the suit and upheld the preliminary objection filed by Fowler’s counsel, Paul Erokoro (SAN), that Stanley Okwara, the plaintiff, has no locus standi to file the suit.

    Justice Allagoa ruled after an hour-long review of all the legal authorities cited by Erekoro, T. A. Ghazalli, counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation, who is the second defendant, and JohnMary C. Jideobi, the plaintiff’s counsel.

    The judge said the right of the plaintiff had not been affected by the non-appointment of the Executive Chairman for FIRS after August 15.

    “In this case, the plaintiff said he is an unemployed legal practitioner. How specifically that affects his rights to file this suit is not disclosed,” said the judge.

    He agreed with Fowler’s counsel that the plaintiff had no cause of action and that it was fatal to his suit that he did not file a pre-action notice to the court, as required by the Federal Inland Revenue Establishment Act (FIRSEA) 2007.

    “I agree with the first defendant that the plaintiff ought to have served the defendant with a pre-action notice. Learned SAN asked the court to strike out the suit. I so hold,” Justice Allagoa said.

    The judge also upheld Erokoro’s submission that the suit should be struck out as “there is no justiciable cause of action”.

    Hailing the verdict, Ike Odume, FIRS Director of Legal Services, said: “My Lord, we thank you for being forthright in this matter. Thank you for doing justice. It cannot be less. I have been following this court from Enugu. I know you will always do justice. Thank you.

    “My Lord, we will be asking for costs. We have come all the way from Abuja three times because of this matter. We will be asking for costs,” said Odume.

    But Justice Allagoa overruled Odume, saying: ”Don’t kill a fly with a sledge hammer. Parties should bear their costs,” he held.

    Jideobi, counsel to Okwara, was represented by A. Issa.

  • Buhari, NJC extends Tanko Muhammad’s tenure as acting CJN

    Buhari, NJC extends Tanko Muhammad’s tenure as acting CJN

    President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the appointment of Tanko Muhammad as the acting chief justice of Nigeria by another three months.

    Buhari sent the recommendation to the National Judicial Council and the supervisory body approved the appointment on Thursday, a spokesperson for the NJC, Soji Oye, said in a statement on Saturday.

    Muhammad was first appointed in January after the president controversially suspended Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen who was accused of false declaration of asset.

    Onnoghen was convicted on Thursday by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, and was barred from holding public office for 10 years. He has denied all allegations against him, and has appealed the ruling.

    The statement released on Saturday by the NJC denied an unnamed media report that the council would meet next week to deliberate on the extension of Mr Muhammad’s term as the acting chief justice of Nigeria.

    It said the approval had already been given.

    The statement reads: “The attention of the National Judicial Council has been drawn to an online newspaper and daily newspaper report stating that the Council would meet next week to deliberate on the extension of the Acting Appointment of Honourable Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad CFR, as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.

    “Contrary to the above, the Council actually met on Thursday 18th April, 2019 and at the 88th Meeting considered and approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for the extension of the Appointment of Hon. Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad, CFR, as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria for another three (3) months and Council has since forwarded its approval to the President.

  • Alleged corruption: EFCC raises team to probe Amosun, Okorocha, Yari, others as tenure ends

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has set up crack teams to probe some outgoing governors accused of diverting state funds.

    Recall that About 12 states will have new governors on May 29 after the tenure of the current ones would have ended.

    The states that will have new chief executives include Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Imo, Kwara, Nasarawa, Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Zamfara.

    Of the 12 states, however, four governors have been accused of corruption.

    They include Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State; Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed; the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari; and Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun.

    Governor ROchas Okorocha of Imo

    Okorocha, who has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress, has been accused of diverting over N1bn meant for the campaign of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, who contested on the platform of the Action Alliance.

    The EFCC said in an interim report that it had arrested the Accountant-General of Imo State, Uzoho Casmir, for allegedly helping Okorocha to launder N1.05bn for the governorship and state House of Assembly elections.

    Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State

    In Zamfara State, the EFCC is investigating Yari for alleged diversion of funds running into billions of naira.

    A Federal High Court in Abuja had, in 2017, ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of N500m and $500,000 said to have been looted from the Paris Club refunds made by the Federal Government in favour of the 36 states of the federation.

    The sums of money, said to have been recovered from two firms, First Generation Mortgage Bank Limited, and Gosh Projects Limited, were allegedly linked to Yari.

    The EFCC alleged that the sums of money were fraudulently diverted from the NGF’s bank account on the instruction of Yari. According to the commission, about N500m from the money was diverted to offset Yari’s personal loan obtained from the First Generation Mortgage Bank Limited.

    Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara State

    Ahmed of Kwara State, will also be invited by the EFCC once his tenure comes to an end.

    His successor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, has also vowed to probe the governor once he loses his immunity.

    Ahmed, who is the godson to Senate President Bukola Saraki, was accused of diverting state funds.

    Earlier in the month, the EFCC arrested six commissioners and government officials in Kwara State for allegedly diverting N1bn a week before the National Assembly and presidential elections.

    The EFCC said in a situation report that bank officials had been brought in for questioning and had made relevant statements.

    Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State

    Amosun, who has been suspended by the APC, has also come under probe by the commission.

    The probe was sequel to a petition written by a group, Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate, over an alleged misappropriation of N4bn Anchor Borrowers’ Fund meant for Ogun farmers.

    The group, in the petition dated February 20, 2019, alleged that the sum was made available to the Amosun-led government in 2017 by the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide jobs for the residents through the mass production of rice.

    It alleged that Amosun staged a jamboree ceremony and set up fake rice pyramids to deceive the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, when he (Emefiele) visited the state last year.

    The group further accused the governor of abandoning the project in spite of his promise to establish rice plantations in the three senatorial districts of the state.

    EFCC may wait longer (2023) for Returning Governors

    The EFCC may, however, have to wait till 2023 before taking further action on five governors-elect – Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State; Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Udom Emmanuel, as well as Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, who are all being investigated for alleged diversion of public funds.

    Should Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, win re-election in April, the EFCC will also have to wait till 2023 before taking any action against him.

    A panel constituted to investigate the electoral and other offences perpetrated during the December 10, 2016 Rivers parliamentary re-run said that it recovered N111m from 23 INEC officials.

    The Chairman of the panel, Damian Okoro, alleged that three senior electoral officers collected N20m each out of the N360m given to them by Governor Wike, while the remaining officers received N15m each.

    When contacted on phone, spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Tony Orilade, said all the corruption allegations would be treated on a “case-by-case” basis.

    Orilade said, “I don’t have the full details of the cases but investigations have been going on as regards some of these cases and as soon as their immunity is gone, we will take further action and if there is a prima facie case, we will take the matter to court.

    “As for those who have won and are going to be covered by immunity, it does not mean that investigations will stop. They are not immune from investigation but from prosecution as guaranteed by the constitution. And at the proper time, if there is a prima facie case, they will be prosecuted.”