Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello quizzed
By OLA AGBAJE
Friday, December 28, 2007
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Senator Iyabo
Obasanjo-Bello |
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Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, daughter of ex-President Olusegun
Obasanjo was on Thursday quizzed by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with N3.5 billion energy
contract scam.
An Austrian firm, M. Schneides GMBH & Co had alleged recently
in a petition to the EFCC and other anti-corruption agencies
that Obasanjo-Bello was corrupt.
Obasanjo-Bello was, among other allegations, said to have
concealed her identity, while serving as a commissioner in
Ogun State and a partner in a deal to secure power projects
for the Austrian firm.
A source close to the EFCC told Daily Sun that Senator Obasanjo-Bello
honoured an invitation to the Abuja office of the anti-corruption
agency on Thursday in connection with investigations to the
contract scam.
According to the source, the lawmaker spent several hours
with EFCC interrogators and was allowed to leave in the late
evening. Although full details of the interrogation were not
available at press time. Senator Obasanjo-Bello was believed
to have maintained her innocence and described the allegations
as an attempt by the foreign company to discredit her.
Thursday’s visit, it was gathered, was the second by
the senator over the controversial energy contract.
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