Elder Godsday Orubebe, a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs has seen his case of bribery at the CCT suffer a major setback.
Elder Godsday Orubebe
A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe was yesterday docked before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. But, the trial suffered yet another major setback after the Federal Government failed to open its case against Orubebe.
The Government had on November 26, 2015, when the matter came up for trial, applied for an adjournment to enable it to amend the charge against Orubebe.
However, it failed again to proceed with the trial yesterday (Wednesday) as another lawyer who appeared for the government, Mr. E.A Orji, told the tribunal that Orubebe’s case-file had been transferred to the Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, at the Federal Ministry of Justice. The announcement stalled the case once again.
Orubebe is standing trial after he was accused to have falsely declared his assets while in office as a public officer. Government alleged that he failed to declare his ownership of two choice property in Abuja.
More so, he was accused of collecting bribe of N70 million from one Pastor Jonathan Alota, the owner of a company, Chemtronics Nigeria Limited. The charge against him was initiated by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.