Anthony Iwuoma
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), on Wednesday, blamed fire outbreak at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), on saboteurs who, it said, were out to sabotage inquest into the billions of naira allegedly stolen from the Federal Government palliative fund for Coronavirus.
OYC alleged that the fire outbreak at the Treasury Office was an attempt to truncate the investigations into N2 trillion palliative money allegedly shared among some government officials.
It, therefore, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to order a forensic investigation of the fire incident.
Speaking through a statement signed by its President-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Wednesday, the Igbo body said: “OYC supports a forensic investigation into the remote causes of the fire Incident that happened in the Treasury House on Wednesday April 8th 2020.
“This happened immediately the National Assembly initiated a probe on the perceived fraudulent activities associated with disbursement of 2 trillion Naira of Coronavirus Palliative Care.
“OYC condemns vehemently the attempt by political musketeers to destroy the database of the Accountant General of the Federation’s office.
“Nigerians are fully aware that something fishy happened in the disbursement of the Coronavirus pandemic palliative money.
“The National Assembly should not be cowed to stop the probe of this monumental fraudulent activity of those involved in the process; no sacred cow should be spared in the investigation.”