More trouble for Bode George – Reps probe him – Lawyers file for appeal, bail – Tribune
October 29, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Jailed former deputy national chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, may be in for another trouble, as the House of Represent-atives commences a probe into his tenure at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on the processes leading to the sale of NPA’s property.The House declared that “preliminary inquest” showed that several properties were sold and huge sums of money collected by certain people in the NPA, pointing out that there was the need to ascertain whether due process was followed or whether the process was fair, among others.
In particular, the Committee on Marine, headed by Honourable Ifeanyi Ogwuayin, on Wednesday, set up a seven-man ad hoc committee to probe the total properties portfolio of the Federal Government Agency pre-and post-January 31, 2009 and ascertain the total value of the listed properties.
Addressing newsmen, the committee boss, in the company of his members, said the latest move to probe the NPA and its operators in the recent past, was borne out of numerous complaints, petitions and even allegations his committee received.
