The Code of Conduct Bureau has confirmed that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, will not be appearing before it today, Politics Nigeria has gathered.
The Bureau had extended an invitation to Mr Tunji-Ojo for questioning over his link to New Planet Projects Limited and how the company allegedly got an N438 million consultancy contract from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
The ministry had written to the CCB asking that the meeting be rescheduled because he is on an official assignment.
In response to CCB’s summons, the Ministry of Interior submitted a formal request for the rescheduling of the meeting, citing the minister’s engagement in an ongoing official assignment.
