The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, did not show up on Tuesday at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) headquarters in Abuja with regard to an investigation on the alleged involvement of a company linked to him in a N438m contract awarded by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
The minister, who was supposed to appear before the CCB at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, was said to have written to the bureau requesting another date.
The minister informed the bureau that he had a prior formal obligation that he needed to attend.
After two hours of waiting, it was later learned from officials of the bureau that the minister would no longer appear due to “Pressing national engagements”
This was confirmed by the Head of the Press and Public Relations Department of the CCB, Veronica Kato.
She said that the minister wrote to the bureau requesting for a new date citing prior national assignments