{"id":70230,"date":"2019-11-03T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=70230"},"modified":"2019-11-03T16:49:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:49:01","slug":"vp-osinbajo-stopped-investigations-into-embezzlements-by-his-high-profile-friends-obono-obla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/vp-osinbajo-stopped-investigations-into-embezzlements-by-his-high-profile-friends-obono-obla\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Osinbajo stopped investigations into embezzlements by his high profile \u00a0friends\u2014\u2014Obono-Obla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m4299044724833661530\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The suspended chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, has alleged that VP Yemi Osinbajo stopped his panel from investigating his high profile friends for corruption.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that the VP stopped the investigations of the MD of First Hydro Carbon, Femi Bajomo, who is yet to pay remittance for OML granted. He also alleged that the VP stopped the panel\u2019s investigation into a N10 billion fraud at the National Health Insurance Scheme, because his men were involved.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The VP is enmeshed in an alleged N90 billion embezzlement scandal.\u00a0The money was said to have been used to prosecute the 2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">presidential campaign of the APC. He denied the allegations and said he would waive immunity to face investigators.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In an August 26 letter to President Muhammadu Buhari protesting his suspension and contending that the VP wanted him out said\u201d I got a call from the ADC to the VP who said we should stop because Bajomo is \u2018 our friend\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Obono-Obla is being investigated by the ICPC for alleged high school and university certificate forgery and miss appropriation of funds recovered by the panel.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In June of 2018, the Deputy Registrar of WAEC, Femi Ola told the House committee that investigated the alleged forget \u201c Available evidence indicate that the results were altered and therefore makes them invalid \u201c<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The ICPC in a statement said \u201c preliminary findings show that some provisions of the ICOC Act and extant laws of Nigeria had been allegedly violated by Obono-Obla\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The suspended chairman gave no robust push back on the allegations but simply said his travails were orchestrated by the VP and some \u2018 powerful Senators\u2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201c The ICPC which is now being used against me is under the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of the VP, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye. Prof Owasanoye was part and parcel of the conspiracy against me\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">End<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspended chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, has alleged that VP Yemi Osinbajo stopped his panel from investigating his high profile&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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