A youth organisation in Kwara state, The Concerned Kwara Youth, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order immediate suspension of the Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Ishaq Kawu Modibbo and the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over alleged involvement in the N2.5 billion corruption charges levelled against them. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Monday, the leader of the youth organisation, Prince Haliru Dantosho Mahmud, said that it is expedient to suspend the two government officials pending the outcome of the charges against them. It is recalled that the federal government had filed a case against the NBC director general before a federal high court in Abuja, a few days ago over allegations of involvement in N2.5 billion corruption charges. The period within which a petition was submitted against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen and his subsequent suspension by the president without following due process is worrisome and make the below questions very pertinent. “In the light of the above, we urge the president to be sincere and engage in the holistic fight against corruption irrespective of ethnic, religious and partisan consideration.”

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 04, 2019 15:36 UTC