Write a petition, Magu tells journalist questioning Tinubu’s wealth

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has challenged a journalist
questioning the source of wealth of All Progressives Congress
chieftain, Bola Tinubu.

He simply asked the journalist to write a petition against
Tinubu and substantiate his allegations.

Magu gave the charge in Abuja on Monday while fielding questions
from reporters at an event held in commemoration of his third year
in office.

A journalist had asked Magu when he would probe Tinubu who had
purportedly claimed in a video in August that he was richer than
Osun State.

The journalist also asked why Magu was refusing to answer
questions on the video which allegedly captured the Governor of
Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, receiving bribes from
contractors.

In his response, Magu said, “You know what? If you are really
interested, write a petition and see whether I won’t act. Go and
write a petition and substantiate in the petition and find out if I
won’t act. It is not for us to listen to people on radio and begin
to act. Yes, we have intelligence but the surest way to get action
is to go and write a petition and substantiate the contents of the
petition and see whether I will not act.”

News Express Names Speakers for 6th Anniversary
Lecture

Three eminent Nigerians have joined the list of speakers at the
News Express 6th Anniversary Lecture & Economic Forum holding next
week Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the main hall of Sheraton Hotel
& Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. They are the Honourable Commissioner for
Information and Strategy, Lagos State, Kehinde Bamigbetan;
Executive Director of Media Law Centre, Richard Akinnola; and
Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Nigeria LNG
Limited, Andy Odeh.

“A seasoned journalist, politician and administrator, Bamigbetan
boasts about two decades experience in government, so he is in a
pole position to speak on how successive governments in Lagos State
have been able to raise the bar of development and retain the
state’s title as Centre of Excellence,” News Express Publisher, Mr.
Isaac Umunna, said in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos.

On Akinnola and Odeh, he said: “A renowned activist and
influencer widely regarded as one of those who presently constitute
the conscience of the Nigerian Nation, Mr. Akinnola will develop
the Lecture theme, Transparency – Bedrock of Sustainable
Development, from the populist perspective.

“On his part, Mr. Odeh, a communication and boardroom expert,
will offer useful insight into how Nigeria LNG has been able to
emerge as a world-class company and the poster boy of Corporate
Nigeria.”

“We are happy to have Messrs Bamigbetan, Akinnola and Odeh agree
to join our list of eminent speakers at the News Express 6th
Anniversary Lecture & Economic Forum. They are, no doubt, a good
complement for the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority
(NPA), frontline activist and administrator, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman,
who was earlier announced as the main speaker of the day,” Umunna
said in the statement.

He described the News Express Anniversary Lecture and Economic
Stakeholders’ Forum as “an annual programme that has an established
trend of bringing together important business and political leaders
from across the country, as well as multifarious professionals and
influential media stakeholders.”

News Express, which debuted on August 29, 2012, is one of
Nigeria’s most popular and influential online dailies. It is read
by hundreds of thousands of people around the world and records
annual traffic of upwards of 100 million.
By PRNigeria