Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman,
Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption on Tuesday confirmed the
arrest of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Mr. Mohammed Adoke in Dubai.
He was said to have confirmed
Adoke’s arrest during a visit to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Channels TV quoted Sagay as
saying that the arrest was the latest success in the fight against corruption
under the federal government.
Adoke is facing criminal charges
bordering on alleged abuse of office and money laundering with respect to the
granting of the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245 to Shell and ENI, brought
against him and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
His arrest follows a warrant
issued by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja requested by the
EFCC.
According to Sagay, the fight
against corruption was gaining momentum under the Buhari-led Federal Government
due to the fightback from its beneficiaries.
“The former attorney General
Adoke has been arrested in Dubai. It’s a continuous thing, so when Nigerians
pretend and say what is the difference this government has brought into the
fight against corruption, what has been achieved? There is no difference, it
amazes me. For me, it’s a sign of patent bad faith being expressed by the elite
who were the beneficiaries of corruption.
“They are undergoing the pains of
having to earn their living, rather than simply collecting easy money where
people were building edifices without any sign of employment of any sort. There
has been a lot of change and the EFCC activities are responsible for most of
this change,” he said.
The EFCC had obtained a warrant
of arrest on April 17 against Adoke, as well as a former Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Dan Etete, and four others over the OPL 245 scandal.
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