Mr Keyamo had last week filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order compelling Atiku to surrender himself to EFCC, ICPC, and CCB for thorough investigations.
has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.The spokesperson for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, made the call at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday.
On 16 January, he issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the antigraft agencies like the CCB, ICPC and the EFCC, to arrest Atiku on offences of money laundering, breach of the code of conduct for public officers, conspiracy, and criminal breach of trust and misappropriation. Mr Keyamo also urged the court to declare that the agencies are under a legal obligation “to invite and/or arrest, investigate and prosecute” Atiku.Addressing journalists, Mr Bwala said the minister was using his office to intimidate the agencies of the federal government and called on the president to sack him.
The petition, he explained, involves massive corruption and misappropriation of funds belonging to the government of Lagos State, abuse of office, and conflict of interests.
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