CCB justifies Tinubu's prosecution, says it is not political

THE Code of ConductBureau (CCB), onTuesday, justified its decision to prosecute the former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying his trial is not politically motivated.The chairman of the Bureau, Mr Sam Saba, stated this in Abuja while briefing newsmen.According to Mr Saba, 'The Bureau wishes to reiterate its position that the trial of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has no political undertone. It has been an ongoing case since year 2006. Admittedly, the case has taken such a long time due to some factors: the need to conduct thorough investigation and the time taken to constitute the full compliment of the tribunal after the death of the former chairman, Justice Sanni Murtala, SAN.'The bureau wants to use this medium to call on the good and patriotic citizens of Nigeria to report to it any public office holder breaching the provisions of Code of Conduct for public officers, and wish to assure you that the bureau has the capacity to deal with the situation no matter how highly placed the person is.'Of recent, the bureau has observed with some amusement, the campaign of calumny being perpetuated against it by a section of the press which has been issuing some stories based on conjectures, deliberate falsehood and sensational amplification of issues all with a view to pulling down the institution and its structures.'Further to the above, the issue of arraigning public officers before the code of conduct tribunal has never been an issue of the board to discuss and take decisions. "There are structures on the ground established by the board to carry out that responsibility; the 'assets verification committee' and the 'petition screening committee'.'Any officer that is established to have breached any provisions of the code of conduct for public officers after diligent investigation by any of the above committees is referred to the legal unit of the bureau for prosecution before the code of conduct tribunal."
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