Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chair Mrs. Farida Waziri yesterday raised a five-man team to grill the Speaker Dimeji Bankole today.
Some former senators and ex-members of the House of Representatives yesterday met with Senate President David Mark to avert what they perceived as alleged plot to humiliate Bankole.
The ex-lawmakers said the humiliation of Bankole will rub off on the entire leadership of the National Assembly.
The EFCC is investigating Bankole’s role in some financial transactions.
They are: alleged use of the House accounts as collaterals to secure a private loan; the controversial N10billion loan; the N2.3billion car scam; and purchase of the NET building in Lagos for N4billion.
The team of interrogators being led by the Head of Operations.
“It is not as if the Speaker is guilty of any of the allegations yet but we cannot receive petitions against him and just gloss over these,” a source at the commission said yesterday.
The source said Bankole’s invitation brought about pressure on the commission, but the EFCC chairman, who is away on an official trip abroad, has given a “firm instruction” to the team to go ahead with its work.
The source added: “In fact, it has been difficult for some of these lobbyists to reach the EFCC chairman as all her lines have been switched off.”
The ex-lawmakers are urging Mark to assert “the independence of the Legislature and prevent any attempt to ridicule the House leadership”.
A source said: “They queried why the issue of N10billion loan by the House should now be a subject of probe by the EFCC when the Speaker does not handle money directly. They explained that under any circumstance, the bureaucratic arm in the National Assembly should account for financial transactions and records of the House.
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Efcc Raises 5 man Panel to Quiz Dimeji Bankole
Efcc Raises 5 man Panel to Quiz Dimeji Bankole
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
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