A Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, has said that he regrets ever serving Nigeria following criminal charges slammed against him by the Federal government.

Orubebe is facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for his alleged failure to declare one of his assets in 2011.

Led in evidence by his counsel, Selekowei Larry SAN, Orubebe who testified in his own defence as the court to dismiss the case as he has nothing to do with the charges brought against him.

He said:


“Let me make this point now here before this Tribunal that the only regret I have for serving this country is this trial. It is very unfortunate, it is regrettable, it is shameful. I am sad and my heart is heavy because I am put on trial on mere empty land in the bush here in Abuja officially given to me by the same government I served.

“Nigerians may not know this and I wish to say it out that during the peak of the militancy in the Niger Delta, I slept with the militants in the Creek for two weeks, negotiating with them on how to adopt peaceful approach for their demands, and in the end, my efforts brought peace to this country and our oil companies have their peace and Nigeria was better for it in the area of security and economy because of my efforts, only to be compensated with this trial that has destabilized me.

“I still love this country but I have a pain in my neck. I have respect for government and its policies. If the Code of Conduct Bureau had invited me for clarifications on my asset forms, I would have honoured them because it is a simple thing to do and because my conscience is clear.”

You admitted the land was given to you or own it, you ought to have disclosed it then and nobody will challenge you for that.
Accept the outcome because it is law.

summary plsssssss, I can't just read suddenly. I don't know why.........

U are a disgrace to Nigeria......... Were u slipn wen u filled ur form.

We regret ever having you as a minister. You're a disgrace to Nigeria indeed.

Did you regret enjoying all the benefits serving your country?

Sadly, Buhari is busy creating more enemies for his government. Imagine the likes of Orubebe being hunted now, wouldn't he have been use to reason again with the boys in the creek?

Is it that some persons are so daft that they always leave the topic to discuss unimportant issues? The man said the land was not his own when he filled the form and he gave out the land when it was given to him, yet some are questioning why he didn't include it. So because he disgraced himself we shouldn't reason again?

We regret having you as a citizen twice as much as you regret serving yourself the country.

Just give us our yam and relocate to Afghanistan
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This man is almost becoming a dunce. Gosh!
Is sleeping in the creek for 2 weeks with militants a kind of defends in a law court?
Rubbish ni man yi sha.

[s]quote author=omenka post=46259284]We regret having you as a citizen twice as much as you regret serving yourself the country.[/quote][/s]

Common

...and cursed be the day you were called to serve

Elder you served yourself not your country.

Oloshi, these are the guys NDA should be bombing. A whole former minister of Niger delta ministry with nothing to show for the development of the region.

Orubebe you are partial, 'we will not take it'

We regret you ever been a Minister of the Federal Republic
Kindly return all the loot you illegally acquired.

Can u imagine this thief!

Only in nigeria that greedy thieves paint themselves as heroes and some buffoons that call themselves wailers will actually swallow the silly lies

Same Orubebe who accepted a fully built up house gift in Abuja from Setraco while still minister of the federal republic of Nigeria.