EFCC quizzes NASS Clerk for six hours, seizes his passport – TheNigerialawyer

… Clerks of the Senate, House of Representatives, their deputies
to appear at the commission today

ABUJA – AHEAD of the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly
and election of Presiding officers especially in the Senate,
political intrigues, outsmarting and high wired politicking are
beginning to play out.

This time, the pendulum had shifted to the management of the a
National Assembly and those who will conduct the election towards
the emergence of the Senate President and the Deputy Senate
President.

As part of moves to effect changes on the mode of conducting the
election, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on
Tuesday for six hours interrogated the Clerk to the National
Assembly, CNA, Mohammed Ataba Sani Omolori.

It was gathered the EFCC invited the CNA on issues related to
records of finances of the Assembly as well as the inauguration of
the ninth National Assembly.

According to a source, the involvement of the EFCC may not be
unconnected with the forthcoming inauguration.

It was also gathered Omolori who was not seen at the National
Assembly, the whole of Tuesday, was said to gave been invited to
the headquarters of EFCC on Tuesday and interrogated for six hours
beginning from 11am to 5pm.

According to the Source, when Omolori arrived the premises of
EFCC, he requested to see the Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, but
the EFCC boss was not around as he(CNA) was referred to another
officer.

Apart from initial questions on records of finances of the
National Assembly, it was gathered that Omolori was asked a
specific question on the method of election of the presiding
officers of the ninth National Assembly, just as he was said to
have been asked which of the rules he would use for the
election.

The high point of Omolori’s stay at the EFCC was the seizing of
his international passport.

Prior to Omolori’s invitation, the former Clerk to the National
Assembly, Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa, was equally quizzed and a
National Assembly source said that Maikasuwa was quizzed shortly
before Omolori got to the EFCC office and the two met there.

Besides Omolori who was invited by the EFCC, it was also
gathered that Clerks, Desk officers and other key officials of the
National Assembly including the Clerk of the Senate, Clerk of the
House of Representatives as well as their deputies would be invited
to the commission today.

When contacted, authorities at the EFCC confirmed Omolori’s
interrogation.

The EFCC source however would not want his name mentioned
because he was not authorized to speak on the matter.

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