The House of Representatives has called for the sacking of Chief Okoi
Obono – Obla as the Special Adviser on Prosecutions and Chairman of the
Special Presidential Investigation Panel .
While asking the
Inspector – General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to investigate and
prosecute Obono -Obla, the lower chamber of the National Assembly urged
the schools the presidential aide claimed to have attended to withdraw
his certificates .
The lawmakers alleged that Obono -Obla’ s Law
degree was allegedly “ obtained fraudulently and should be withdrawn by
the University of Jos. ”
These were part of the recommendations
in a report by the Houses’ Ad Hoc Committee on ‘ The Need to Investigate
the Legality and Modus Operandi of the Special Presidential
Investigation Panel . ’
The report was unanimously adopted at the plenary on Thursday .
The
recommendations as approved were that “ the President should be urged
to dissolve the panel in view of the arbitrary use of powers and abuse
of office by the chairman ( Obono- Obla). ”
Other recommendations
included, “ That the Code of Conduct Bureau should be utilised to
perform the functions that the panel sought to perform in the current
anti -corruption drive.
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