House writes FG, demands Obono-Obla’s sack | Nairalaw

…As Buhari, IGP, AGF, NBA, UNIJOS ignore House resolution three
months after

The House of Representatives has written to the Federal
Government, demanding it to act on the House resolution calling for
the sack and investigation of the Chairman, Special Investigation
Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SIP) and Special
Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi
Obono-Obla.

The letter to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Mr. Boss Mustapha, referenced NASS/CAN/105/Vol. 25/044 was dated
5th February 2019 and signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly
(CAN), Mr. Sani Omolori and referenced. Those copied for their
immediate actions were the Attorney-General of the Federation
(AGF); Inspector-General of Police, Chief Justice of Nigeria;
President Nigeria Bar Association (NBA); Vice Chancellor,
University of Jos; Director-General, Nigeria Law School; Chairman,
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
(ICPC); Chairman, National Universities Commission (NUC); Chairman,
Council of Legal Education; Nigeria Law School; and the Chairman,
Body of Benchers. The CNA noted that “the purpose of this letter is
to convey the Resolutions of the House to you and to request that
you kindly bring same to the notice of Mr. President,
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and all concerned for
further necessary action”.

The letter reads: “The House of Representatives on Thursday,
20th December 2018, considered the Report of the AD-HOC Committee
on Finance to Investigate the Legality and Modus Operandi of the
Special Presidential Panel and subsequently recommended that:

“The president should be urged to dissolve the panel in view of
the arbitrary use of powers and abuse of Office by the Chairman;
“Code of Conduct Bureau should be utilised to perform the gap that
the Panel seeks to fill in the current anti-corruption drive; “The
President of the FRN should discharge Chief Okoi Obono-Obla of his
responsibility as Special Adviser and Chairman of the Special
Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP); “The Independent corrupt
Practices Commission (ICPC) should investigate the allegations of
corruption contained in the Audit Report of the Auditor-General of
the Federation on the financial transactions of the Panel and
prosecute the culprits;

“The Law Degree of Chief Okoi Okono- Obla, having been obtained
fraudulently, be withdrawn by University of Jos; “The Council of
Legal Education should withdraw the Law School Certificate awarded
Ofem Okoi Ofem (now known as Chief Okoi Obono-Obla) as it was based
on the degree which he obtained from the University of Jos through
fraud; “The Body of Benchers should withdraw the Call to Bar
Certificate issued to Chief Okoi Obono-Obla; “The Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA) should prosecute Chief Okoi Obono-Obla before the
Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee; and

“Chief Okoi Obono­ -Obla should be prosecuted by the
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and charged to court for forgery
and misrepresentation”.

It could be recalled that the House had indicted Obono-Obla of
forgery of West African Examination Council (WAEC) result following
both oral and written testimonies by the examination body. Whereas
the WAEC result (Examination No. 09403/247 May/June 1982) with
which Obono-Obla obtained his degree in Law indicates that he made
five credit passes, including Literature-in-English, official
letters from WAEC to the House of Representatives dated 11th and
17th April 2018 and signed by Mr. A. A Okelezue and Mr. Olu
Adenipekun, respectively, showed that he did not sit for
Literature-in-English. Also, in his oral testimony under oath, WAEC
Deputy Registrar, Mr. Femi Ola, affirmed the allegation, describing
the result Obono-Obla’s parades as “altered”, “not genuine”, and
“invalid”.

However, more than three months since the House adopted the
report of its ad hoc committee that investigated the presidential
aide and the SPIP, President Buhari, IGP, AGF, UNIJOS, NBA, Body of
Benchers, Nigeria Law School, among others are yet to act.