Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, is not involved in N10m bribery scandal and job
racketeering as reported by an online platform.
MFA Spokesman, Ferdinand Nwonye, in a statement on Friday
also said the minister has never met an official of the ministry, Suleiman
Momoh, mentioned as his accomplice in the report.
The statement was titled, ‘Re-Exposed – Ministry Of Foreign
Affairs Director Caught In N10 Million Bribery Scandal To Secure Appointment –A
Rejoinder’.
It read, “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
has been drawn to a report by Sahara Reporters, dated 20th April, 2021,
alleging that the Honourable Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H.E.
Ambassador Zubairu Dada was involved in a N10 million bribery scandal and job
racketeering alongside one Mr Suleiman Momoh, a staff of the Directorate of
Technical Cooperation in Africa, which is a parastatal under the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and supervised by the Office of the Honourable Minister of
State.
“The Ministry wishes
to inform the general public that the reports is untrue, baseless and should be
disregarded as the Honourable Minister of State does not known and has never
met the officer in question – Mr Suleiman Momoh, neither has he ever been
involved in any transaction with him either personally or through any agent, at
any point in time.
“The Ministry wishes to further clarify that the Honourable
Minister of State does not have any ‘boy’ who represent or run errands on his
behalf as DTCA or elsewhere, as alleged in the report.
“The Ministry therefore uses this opportunity to urge the
general public to kindly disregard the report, as it was a mischievous ploy to
malign the Honourable Minister and defame his hard-earned reputation.”
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