The revelation that Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, purportedly partook in one of the financial scandals rocking the Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Ministery under suspended Minister, Betta Edu, has drawn his denial.
Edu is enmeshed in financial shenanigans; one of which is facilitating the award of N438.1m consultancy contract by the Humanitarian Affairs ministry to New Planet Project Limited, a company said to belong to Tunji-Ojo.
The latter denied the charge in an interview he granted Channels TV Politics Today, on Monday night.
He said that he founded the company 10 years ago, but resigned from directorship in 2019 when he contested the House of Representatives poll.
His word, “I have to say this, I saw it and I was shocked because the company in question was a company, where I was the director. About five years ago, I had resigned my directorship. Yes, I founded the company 10 years ago. In 2019 when I got to the House of Representatives, when I won the election precisely, I resigned. I resigned 4th of February 2019 with a Certified True Copy of Corporate Affairs Commission as far back as 2019 to prove this.’’
