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A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, will be arraigned before a Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on November 9 over allegations of false declaration of assets and N70 million bribe, Saharareporters reports.
According to the report, Mr. Orubebe is facing four counts of false declaration of assets, the solicitation of a bribe, and the acceptance of a bribe. The charges allege that on two separate occasions Mr. Orubebe provided fabricated records of his financial assets to the authorities, despite being legally required to provide an accurate declaration of assets.
In addition, he is charged with the solicitation of a bribe from a Dr. Jonathan Alota as repayment for the awarding of a contract to Dr. Alota’s company Chemtronics Nigeria. Mr. Orubebe then allegedly accepted a payment of N20 million from Dr. Alota.
The CCT served a summons to Mr. Orubebe on October 29, and scheduled his arraignment for November 9.
It would be recalled that Orubebe shocked many during the presidential elections when he interrupted the collation of votes at INEC collation centre in Abuja.