The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), has clarified that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, did not shun its invitation but requested another date due to national assignment.
The Bureau had invited the minister over an ongoing investigation bordering on an alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for public officers.
It could be recalled that the minister was expected at the CCB headquarters, Federal Secretariat, Abuja on Tuesday, to meet with interrogators at 11 am.
However, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo did not show up at the bureau but sent a memo to the CCB, citing national assignment.
Meanwhile, a section of the media reported that the minister shunned the invitation by the CCB.
Speaking on the development in a telephone interview with PUNCH on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the CCB, Veronica Kato, said the minister’s interrogation would be rescheduled for a later date following his memo sent to the bureau citing national assignment.
“Yes, the minister’s interrogation has been rescheduled. He wrote, asking that it be rescheduled because he has a national assignment, so it has been rescheduled for a later date,” Kato said.
“There was no case of shunning invitation”
When asked about the next scheduled date, she said there was no specific date yet.
“We don’t have a precise date now, but it has been rescheduled to another day,” she said.
The CCB had invited the embattled minister over the involvement of his company in a ₦438 million contract with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
The company, New Planet Projects, allegedly belonging to the minister, benefitted from a contract from the ministry.
