N165b Prison Funds: Reps Probe Aregbesola Days After Attacking Tinubu

The Speaker of the House of Representatives,  Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed that the House has commenced a probe of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola.

Naija News reports that the Minister and prisons chief, Haliru Nababa have been accused of misappropriating about N165billion funds earmarked for the development of prisons in Nigeria.

The House, on Wednesday, resolved to probe the duo following a motion of urgent public importance moved by the Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu.

He said: “The House is disturbed that despite this Act and increase in budgetary allocations to the Nigerian Correctional Service to drive its renewed mandate, the tempo and quality of the service have remained the same if not retrogressing.

“The House is worried that the working conditions of staff and inmates’ welfare have deteriorated notwithstanding, the over N165 billion budget allocations to the service in the last two years.”

Following the motion, the Committee on Reformatory Institutions was tasked to probe the allegation and report back to the in 1e weeks time.

This online newspaper reports that the probe is coming days after Aregbesola had lambasted the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, who is see as the political leader of Gbajabiamila.

Osun 2022: Aregbesola Tackles Tinubu, Oyetola, Akande

Recall that Aregbesola had on Monday said Tinubu, who he had once trusted politically, betrayed him, Naija News reports.

The former governor of Osun State lamented Tinubu’s involvement and lackadaisical attitude towards the poor governance of the incumbent Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola.

Aregbesola accused Tinubu and former APC interim chairman and ex-governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, of foisting Oyetola on the people against the popular will.

The Minister frowned at the development and declared that enough is enough for the politics of godfatherism and enthronement by treacherous leaders who equated themselves to the status of a god.