The Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom in a statement issued by his media aide, has denied involvement in the former Governor, Gabriel Suswam’s corruption investigation.
Sun Newspapers reports that the statement, which was issued by Tahav Agerzu, said “Let
it be known that the Ortom administration has no hand in former
Governor Suswam’s current ordeal with the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).”
“As an independent
anti-graft agency with presence in all states of the federation, the
EFCC does not need the prompting of anyone to go after glaring cases of
looting of public funds as was the case under former governor Suswam.
“It
must be made abundantly clear that contrary to the claims by Dr Suswam,
the Ortom administration has no hand in the petition which led to his
arrest and interrogation by EFCC.
This
administration believes in due process and the rule of law, hence, it
constituted a Judicial Commission to avail all concerned, the
opportunity to state their side of the story,” the statement said.
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