down EFCC office in Abuja
– The group said it resolved to occupy the
commission over their failure to commence
the prosecution of those indicted by the
Justice Kpojime Commission of inquiry
– A former aide to ex-Governor Gabriel
Suswam said the agitation of the group was
belated
The Middle Belt Renaissance Movement
(MBRM), has threatened to occupy the Abuja
office of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), by Thursday, July 7, over
the failure of the commission to commence
the prosecution of 52 persons allegedly
indicted by the Justice Kpojime Commission of
inquiry in Benue state.
Kuanum Terrence, the national coordinator of
the group, who addressed reporters in Makurdi
said the aim of their action would be to
compel the anti-graft agency to commence the
prosecution of those indicted by the panel,
Vanguard reports.
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He said: “ We are bothered that after the report
of Justice Elizabeth Kpojime Commission of
enquiry which indicted former Governor Gabriel
Suswam and 51 persons for allegedly looting
Benue State treasury was submitted to the
EFCC, the matter has been swept under the
carpet. We have resolved to occupy the head
office of the commission in protest over their
inaction and after 72 hours, if they still fail to
commence the prosecution of those indicted .”
In reaction, Job Tsegha, the former senior
special assistant to former Governor Gabriel
Suswam, said the agitation of the MBRM came
late as a high court in Makurdi recently
quashed the report of the panel.
“ I am not sure the MBRM is conversant with
the developments in Benue state because the
Kpojime report has already been quashed by a
Makurdi high court.
“The whole thing was a witch-hunt so they
should get their facts right ,” he said.
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The administration of Governor Samuel
Ortom on assumption of office last year,
established the Justice Kpojime Commission
of Inquiry to probe the income and expenditure
of his predecessor’s administration between
the year 2007 and 2015.
]The judicial commission of inquiry
recommended that 52 individuals and 10
corporate bodies refund over N107 billion to
the coffers of the state government.
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