The Federal Government has been urged to approach a former Special Assistant to President Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, for more information on an alternative looters’ list he published.
The pioneer Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi (rtd) made this known in an interview with The Punch.
Recall that Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had on March 30 and April 1 released two lists containing 29 names of alleged looters of the national treasury.
Many of the names on the list were members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Allegations of bias had trailed the list, especially from the PDP, which claimed that the Federal Government had published the list to damage the party’s chances at the 2019 general election.
Omokri had gone ahead to publish his own list containing the names of All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts.
But reacting to Omokri’s list, Justice Akanbi said, “The FG should respond to it and approach him for facts . FG should also investigate the allegations. Once somebody has been courageous enough to bring out a list , it should not be dismissed. They should look into it and examine it and if there is substance, prosecution should follow . It is easier for them to call people in their party who are included in the list to say : this is what has been said about you , can you defend yourself? They should give the list to the EFCC to investigate. The anti – graft agency should interview those whose names are on his (Omokri’s) list.”