Etim Effiong
Former governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu case file has reportedly been missing from the vault of the Code of Conduct Bureau.
This is happening on the heels of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission desires to revisit corruption allegations against Tinubu.
According to Peoples Gazette, three officials familiar with the matter, stated that the bureau started looking for Tinubu’s asset filings after the EFCC requested copies as part of an ongoing investigation into the former Lagos governor’s financial and material possessions.
It was gathered that the disappearance of the case file could hamper the ongoing corruption investigation into the former governor’s asset by the EFCC, which has ignored the embattled politician’s political ties to President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We have searched for the case file everywhere because we want to comply with the lawful request made by the EFCC.
“We have not been able to find the documents either at the main head office or the annexe office in Asokoro,” a top management official at the bureau said.
Another official, who spoke with one of the mid-level staffers tasked with finding the documents told the Gazette the matter has become “terribly embarrassing” and a cause for unending worry at the bureau, which is the primary anti-corruption agency in charge of collecting and keeping assets of schedule government officials before and after assumption of office.
“We cannot find the asset documents at all,” the official said. “We cannot even find photocopies that we can certify for the EFCC,” according to the official.