Arrest And Prosecute Tinubu Now, Lagos PDP Tells CCB

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The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to immediately arrest and prosecute a former governor of the state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The call came on the heels of the acknowledgment by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), that it discharged Mr. Tinubu in error during his trial five years ago, over allegedly operating foreign accounts while serving as governor.

The tribunal made the disclosure in response to the request by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, through his lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) that he should be discharged on same grounds that the former Lagos governor was freed.

Mr. Saraki is presently standing trial before the CCT on a 13-count charge bordering on alleged false assets declaration.

The prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), however, stated that Tinubu was wrongly discharged and that the tribunal was misled in freeing the ex-governor.

The Lagos PDP, which made the call in a statement by its publicity secretary, Taofik Gani, said, “We demand the immediate invitation, arrest and prosecution of Tinubu for violating the laws of the land and breaching public trust by operating several foreign accounts during his tenure as Lagos State governor between 1999 and 2007”.