Why Buhari shouldn’t ignore calls on his aide, Obono-Obla – CSO

The Initiative for Integrity and Good Leadership (IIGL) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should not ignore calls by Nigerians to him to set up an Investigative panel to look into allegations of certificate forgery against his special adviser on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla.

The National President of IIGL, Muhammadu Aliyu, told reporters on Sunday in Abuja that it was worried by the deafening silence of the President on the matter despite calls from different stakeholders that Obla who is also the Chairman, Presidential Panel on Recovery of Government Property should resign his appointment.

He said that the continuous presence of the Presidential aide in the cabinet would erode the integrity of the administration known for probity and war against corruption especially that he was indicted by a report of the House of Representatives for result forgery and misuse of public funds.

According to him, the Executive Order 6 with which the Presidency banned 50 high profile Nigerians from travelling abroad shows that the government is not relenting on its war against corruption.

He however, said that Nigerians would only take such war seriously when people like Obono-Obla who is within the cabinet is not shielded but investigated and sanctioned accordingly if found guilty.

“We urge President Muhammadu Buhari not to ignore calls by Nigerians to probe his special aide on prosecution.

“His recent Executive Order 6 has shown that the President meant business with his war against corruption, but such war would be seen as to be one sided if Obono-Obla is still in the government with such indictment and not investigated and sanctioned if found guilty,” he said.