Senator Shehu Sani has said that despite the
confirmation of former Rotimi Amaechi as a minister of
the federal republic of Nigeria, if any court of law finds
him guilty of corruption, he will not continue to serve as
a Minister in the Buhari led government. Sani said this
while paying a get-well-soon visit to a veteran journalist
and columnist, Abdulkareem Albashir today.
He said that the senate couldn't have stopped Amaechi's
ministerial confirmation because all the petitions
brought against him were mere allegations because no
court had found him guilty of corruption.
“The APC position on corrupt allegation is that it
is still an allegation and the issue is still in court
which the senate committee should not have
entertained in the first place. In the general sense,
we are duty bound to protect the interest of
someone in our party and the opposition has the
right to object to who ever is presented.
In the broader sense, Nigerians and posterity will
judge whether our approval of Amaechi was a
tacit endorsement of corruption because the
issues raised were not enough to stop his
confirmation. But we must also understand that
even if you are made a minister and you get
convicted, the law will take its course. Certainly if
he is found guilty, he would not continue to serve
as minister under President Muhammadu
Buhari’s administration.“he said
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