The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is in receipt of petitions against three frontline candidates in the Enugu governorship election.
THE CONCLAVE reports that the three candidates are Mr Peter Mba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP) and Mr Frank Nweke Junior of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
The Bureau, according to credible feelers, has set machinery in motion to invite them for preliminary interviews preparatory to their being arraigned at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for breach of the Code of Conduct for public officers.
The crux of the separate petitions against the trio submitted to the Bureau some times last year is their alleged non declaration of assets while they occupied public offices in Enugu State and at the Federal level.
A petition by Enugu State Lawyers for Good Governance dated November 11, 2022 said that Peter Mba, who was the State Finance Commissioner between 2005 and 2007, did not declare his asset with the CCB as constitutionally required.
In a petition dated November 8, 2022, by Enugu Transparency Network, the group claimed that Chijioke Edeoga as Commissioner of Local Government Affairs between 2015 and 2022 failed to declare his assets.
In its petition, dated November 8, 2022, Enugu Youth Against Corruption claimed that Frank Nweke Junior as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Special Duties and Youth Development from 2004 to 2005, and as Minister of Information and National Orientation from 2005 to 2007 did not declare his assets at the CCB.
THE CONCLAVE reports that the CCB has perfected plans to arraign them for the alleged violation after they must have been interviewed by officials of the Bureau.
