Immediate Past Minister of
Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has reacted to the statement by the APC-led federal
government banning 50 high-profile Nigerians from traveling abroad.
Moro was said to be among those
banned from traveling outside Nigeria till further notice.
The federal government had on
Saturday banned 50 Nigerians from traveling abroad over alleged corruption
cases.
Speaking on the development, Abba
Moro through his media aide, Ameh Ameh, said his inclusion in the list was not
in anyway connected to misappropriation of public funds or money laundering.
According to him, “It is a known
fact that Comrade Abba Moro is not on trial for stealing anything from
government but the failed immigration recruitment, in which his role was
clearly not related to the fee collected from applicants by the consultants.
“We are of the firm belief that
justice will be done in the case and there is nothing to worry about as Comrade
Abba Moro didn’t violate any law or enrich himself from the failed recruitment
exercise.
“The general public must note
that the Executive Order 06 is purely administrative and not a court conviction
and as such does not affect his election and the goodwill he enjoys,
particularly, among his people in Benue South.
“Regrettably, the full
implementation of the Executive Order 06 upon the emergence of Comrade Moro and
several other candidates at this electioneering time, despite their cases being
in court for over two years, raises serious issues of constitutionalism,
legality and due process of law.
“We make bold to say that Comrade
Abba Moro’s riches are not in money or assets but in people, being a human
development focused politician.
“Before his emergence as the flag
bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue South, Comrade Abba Moro
had no case of money laundering or misappropriation of public funds from his
days as a lecturer in the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, to his tenure as
Local Government Chairman in Okpokwu, or as Federal Minister.
“Relatively, Comrade Moro left
office unstained as Pro-Chancellor/Chairman, Governing Council of University of
Agriculture, Umudike, and later University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
“In fact, Comrade Abba Moro only
travelled abroad in the past for medicals and always on the order of court,
after which his international passport is returned to the court, pending the
determination of the case.
“We call on our people back home
not to panic over the new development as the Executive Order will not, in
anyway, affect our chances in the 2019 general elections.”
People like Abba Moro is suppose to be kept in a 6x6ft room for the rest of his life. you never still but killed young Nigerians because of money from recruitment. who approve the consultant to conduct the recruitment? why was the consultant allow to collect money for recruitment? Abba moro is suppose to be hanged
ReplyDeleteElvis, see Abba Moro in the red chamber 2019. He is taking over from our D. Mark unfailingly
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