As a result of the ongoing trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal- some politicians have reportedly started to lobby the Code of Conduct Bureau to modify the content of their asset declaration forms.
According to Punch Newspapers, the offices of the Code of Conduct Bureau, in several states have witnessed a surge in activities, as politicians are said to be making desperate moves to alter their declarations, over the fear of ending up like Saraki.
The CCB office in Delta State has reportedly had senators, members of the House of Representatives and other politicians- lobbying officials of the bureau to allow them change some of the information in their asset declaration forms.
A source revealed to Punch that: “The Saraki trial has caused politicians to become jittery. They have been gripped by fear of arrest because of the recent political events and some of them have been secretly visiting our offices to lobby some of us. They include senators and members of the House of Representatives.
“Some of the politicians that have been coming are highly placed. Before now, they took everything for granted, knowing that they are in the same party with the government at the centre. With the recent developments, many of them are now rushing to amend the information given on their asset declaration forms. They say there might be errors in their forms and that they are willing to make the necessary adjustments.”
Smiliarly, in Ondo state, politicians have been trying to review the assets declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
One of the officials revealed to Punch that some politicians have pleaded with the CCB in Ondo to assist them in getting their declaration forms modified.
“Some of them have been coming to us to amend some information on their forms, but there is nothing we can do about their request, because the forms had already been forwarded to Abuja and there is no way we can retrieve them again, at least from our own end here. I don’t know of any other means.”
