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It has come to
my notice that the leadership of the House
of Representatives has concluded plans to
save its face over the on-going
investigation by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission regarding alleged fraud
perpetrated in the purchase of 380 units of
407 Peugeot cars by launching a series of
actions aimed at undermining the said
investigation.
My information
is that at a meeting held on Wednesday, the
11th day of February, 2009, in
the office of a principal officer of the
House, the following lines of action were
decided upon:
1. That
they would launch a frontal attack on the
credibility of the E.F.C.C investigation by
alleging that the E.F.C.C is merely
fabricating its investigation to suit some
interests and satisfy certain persons.
This
was decided upon after the leadership of the
House, I understand, made several attempts
to compromise the officials of the E.F.C.C
over the on-going investigation, but were
rebuffed. Even though, I do not know the
stage of the investigation nor its outcome
at the moment, I am confident the E.F.C.C
will do a thorough job, devoid of bias,
sentiment or politics, no matter whose ox is
gored.
2. That
they will go ahead and consider the report
of the Ethics and Privileges Committee which
is nothing but a movie script written by the
leadership of the House. The plan is to
compromise majority of the House members to
adopt the report by railroading the report
through the House ahead of the conclusion of
investigation by the E.F.C.C so as to water
down the impact of the report. A huge
amount of money has been set aside for this
purpose.
The real
plan is to engage the services of many
faceless groups to show solidarity with the
leadership of the House so that when the
matter becomes political, they have resolved
that if any principal member is eventually
charged to court, a majority of the members
of the House will prefer to come to court to
show solidarity with those charged to court
rather than consider the matter objectively.
My immediate
reaction is that no matter how hard they try
to hide the truth, it will eventually bubble
forth. I am also confident, that majority of
the House members are mature enough to see
through these machinations.
It is now left
to them to either sully their collective
image with that of some greedy few, or to
insulate the matter from politics and deal
with it as objectively as possible.
Finally, I urge
all House members to reject any report from
the Committee on Ethics and Privileges but
to rather call for the independent reports
of the law-enforcement agencies. That is the
only way to go in this matter.
May God bless
us all.
FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ. |
