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Nigeria: Former ministers banned from leaving the country
In Nigeria, former ministers of the federal government recently dismissed by acting President Goodluck Jonathan have been informed not to leave the country.
The measure applies to all ministers considered close to the ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua. The latter is still unable to resume his presidential responsibilities despite his return back to the country. According to sources close to the commission and the presidency, some of these former ministers were accused of embezzlement, and the acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, therefore demanded the Committee for Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) to proceed to an investigation against those involved. However, to ban travelling on former ministers may be interpreted by some as a “witch hunt” against supporters of President Yar’Adua.
Former Justice Minister Michael Andoaka, for example, has been accused of using his position to prevent Goodluck Jonathan to be the country’s Acting President. He has already been affected by the new measure, he and the former Minister of Health, Babantunde Oshtumehein, were barred by security services, this weekend, the Boarding flights to Europe.
Anyway, even if some former ministers were to be charged with corruption, the procedure is very slow: several corruption cases were submitted to the Nigerian court, but a complete review of records is still not finished.